Steinmetzer, M. F R. (2017). Archaeological evaluation on land behind Liney Road, Westonzoyland, Somerset. Oakford Archaeology: Oakford Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1049445. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological evaluation on land behind Liney Road, Westonzoyland, Somerset
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Series:		 Oakford Archaeology unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1049445
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Abstract:		 An archaeological evaluation was carried out by Oakford Archaeology in March 2017 on land behind Liney Road, Westonzoyland, Somerset. The work comprised the machine-excavation of 9 trenches totalling 300m in length, with each trench 1.6m wide. These targeted a series of anomalies identified during an earlier geophysical survey and provided a spatial sample of those areas that were not available for geophysical survey Probable prehistoric archaeological features were present in a number of trenches across the site, with these occurring in clusters as well as being more localised. Along the northern edge of the site the remains of a crouched inhumation burial, dated to the middle bronze Age, and the remains of two cremations, wwhich have been radiocarbon dated to the mid to late Bronze Age date, were identified. Analysis suggests that these were not contemporary. Close-by were the remains of two heavily ploughed out pits. Both contained middle bronze age pottery dated to the period between c. 1500 and 1100 BC. To the northwest was a double enclosure. Further west two sherds of Iron Age pottery were recovered from one ditch, while two sherds of Romano-British redware were recovered from the same feature in Trench 2. Other ditches were identified to the south and southeast. No dating evidence was recovered for the majority of these features. Despite having been extensively ploughed in the past, the evaluation has established that the site contains generally good survival of prehistoric archaeological features along the northern boundary of the site. While there were few finds recovered, the character of the features indicate that they represent evidence for prehistoric funerary/religious and agricultural activity
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Author:		 Marc F R Steinmetzer ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 Oakford Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Somerset HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2017
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Site: Land behind Liney Road
County: Somerset
District: Sedgemoor
Parish: WESTONZOYLAND
Country: England
Grid Reference: 335680, 134880 (Easting, Northing)
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MIDDLE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) CREMATION (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) INHUMATION (Monument Type England)
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: oakforda1-292209
OBIB: 17-08
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Created Date:		 08 Oct 2018