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Archaeological Evaluation at Bullingham Lane, Bullinghope, Herefordshire |
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Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
An archaeological evaluation was undertaken on behalf of Gifford Ltd, on behalf of their client Bloor Homes Ltd at Bullingham Lane, Bullinghope, Herefordshire (NGR SO 5118 3762; SMR ref. HSM 48339). Significant archaeological remains were identified of Mesolithic to early medieval date. A small group of well-preserved flints suggest that the area had been visited by mobile groups of hunter-gatherers as early as the Late Mesolithic period. Later a burnt mound, thought to be Bronze Age, was constructed on the lower ground next to a braided watercourse running across the valley floor. The function, as with most burnt mounds, is not known at present, although its presence increases the list of known Bronze Age monuments discovered between Hereford and Dinedor Hill. Occasional prehistoric pits probably of a similar date were also excavated and contained occasional quartz tempered pottery and flint remains. With earlier discoveries in the vicinity, of a pond barrow, the |
Author: |
Alan J Clapham
A Crawford
N Daffern
Wyn Wyn Evans
Robin Jackson
A Mann
Louise Pearson
T M Vaughan
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Publisher: |
Worcestershire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Herefordshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2008
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Bullingham Lane, Bullinghope, Herefordshire |
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Herefordshire |
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Herefordshire, County of |
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HEREFORD |
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England |
Grid Reference: 351180, 237620 (Easting, Northing)
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fieldsec1-233574 |
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Report Reference 1632 |
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01 Feb 2018 |