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Archaeological works conducted during construction of the Chalgrove
to East Ilsley gas pipeline identified two large and thirty-two
small sites. These were predominantly late prehistoric in date,
with Iron Age deposits being the most abundant. A small amount of
Neolithic and Bronze Age activity was recorded, and a single Saxon
site was found. Very little Roman activity was encountered outside
the two main sites. No medieval and only one postmedieval site was
encountered, although many undated ditches and pits recorded during
the watching brief were probably from these periods. The largest
archaeological site encompassed three or four separate settlement
areas. The second largest site appears to have been a single
enclosed settlement, probably a farmstead, established in the early
Iron Age and occupied until the early Roman period. The watching
brief located sixteen datable smaller sites and a further sixteen
sites containing only undateable features. The earliest features
discovered were two early Neolithic pits. An earlier Bronze Age
burial, probably a barrow, was found. The Roman road from
Dorchester-on-Thames to Silchester was located. A single high
status Saxon burial was discovered. One site contained 17th to 19th
century domestic structures. Medieval or post-medieval furrows and
field boundaries were identified at eight sites. Contents: Chapter
One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Methodologies; Chapter Three: Site
11, Berrick Salome; Chapter Four: Everyday Life Before Berrick
Salome; Chapter Five: Site 22, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell; Chapter Six:
Everyday Life Before Brightwell-cum-Sotwell; Chapter Seven: Smaller
Sites along the Pipeline Route; Chapter Eight: Conclusions: Pottery
Tradition and the Pastoral Economy; Chapter Nine: Conclusions:
Social Life and Social Change.
This excavation report details work carried out as a result of the
A34/M4 Junction improvement. The finds were somewhat fragmentary
but showed activity in the Mid to Late Bronze Age, then a gap
followed by renewed activity in the Late Iron Age and Roman
periods, with only a scattering of later, Saxon, finds. Finds
included worked and burnt flint, pottery and some Roman metal finds
such as coins and spoons.
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