Hollinghurst, C. C. (2013). RAPID APPRAISAL OF ENGINEERING IMPACT: (for Bristol Water), Mark Yeo River Crossing, Rooksbridge, Somerset. Border Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1027531. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 RAPID APPRAISAL OF ENGINEERING IMPACT: (for Bristol Water), Mark Yeo River Crossing, Rooksbridge, Somerset
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Series:		 Border Archaeology unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 This report of available archaeological and historical sources concerning the route of a proposed mains renewal scheme by Bristol Water, stretching for approximately 200-210m adjacent to Pill Road, Rooksbridge, Somerset, has reached the following conclusions regarding the extent and significance of the archaeology within the area. There is a lack of recorded evidence for any archaeological sites or events in the area of the Mark Yeo river crossing prior to the Roman period. There is possible evidence for activity in the area dating to the roman period in the form of a series of relict river or salt marsh channels, the largest of which is referred to in early Saxon charters as the River Siger. The major feature dating to the medieval period is the waterway known as the Pilrow cut, which connected the Axe and Brue rivers and provided a link between Glastonbury Abbey and several coastal manors under its ownership, enabling the transport of goods via barge across the Somerset Levels. Just beyond the 100m radius around the pipeline route used for the purposes of this study is further evidence for medieval activity. This is in the form of a pottery scatter, and what appears to have been a construction predating Pilrow Cut, evidenced by a rectangular enclosure recognised from aerial photographs of the site. Post-medieval activity includes enclosed land which was formerly wetland, and Pillrow Farm, which is depicted on maps of 1886 but only visible as a ruin on the RAF vertical aerial photographs of 1947.
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Author:		 Catherine C Hollinghurst
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Publisher:		 Border Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Somerset HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2013
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Site: Mark Yeo River Crossing
Parish: EAST BRENT
District: Sedgemoor
County: Somerset
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Glastonbury Abbey
Location - Auto Detected: Somerset Levels Just
Location - Auto Detected: Pill Road Rooksbridge Somerset
Location - Auto Detected: Pillrow Farm
Grid Reference: 337401, 150327 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) N/A (Find)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CANAL (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) WATER CHANNEL (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
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MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
1947 (Auto Detected Temporal)
DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: borderar1-178523
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Created Date:		 28 Nov 2016