| Title: |
Castle Hill Quarry, Cannington. An Archaeological Watching Brief |
| Number of Pages: |
12 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
A watching brief was carried out during topsoil stripping at the site of a quarry which lay within a few metres of the embanked defences of Cynwit Castle (Cannington Camp), a SAM. This later Iron Age hillfort was of particular importance due to evidence of its reoccupation during the later Roman period, and its possible relationship to a documented Danish siege in 878 AD. The surrounding landscape preserved widespread evidence of earthworks representing field systems and settlements almost certainly closely associated with the hillfort. During the watching brief, two post-holes and pottery of Iron Age or earlier date were revealed which were probably associated with an enclosure noted by Rahtz in 1963 but which had since been quarried away. Two worked chert flakes were also recovered. [AIP] |
| Author: |
R A Broomhead
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| Publisher: |
R A Broomhead
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| Year of Publication: |
1998
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Cynwit Castle Cannington |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Iron Age (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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| 878 Ad (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1998
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: CASTLE HILL QUARRY, CANNINGTON
Study area: 0.01ha
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Sedgemoor
Monument: POST HOLE. Prehistoric, [finds]. Prehistoric
Ngr: ST24604080
Parish: Cannington
Postcode: TA5 2QF
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
18 Jan 2009 |
