McCarthy, J. (2018). Boscombe Down Airfield Access Road GI WB, Archaeological Watching Brief. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1054476. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Boscombe Down Airfield Access Road GI WB, Archaeological Watching Brief
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Abstract:		 Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Atkins Ltd. To undertake an archaeological watching brief within MoD Boscombe Down, Amesbury, Salisbury, centred on National Grid References NGR SU 18215 40896. The archaeological watching brief comprised the monitoring of the machine excavation of twenty-eight geotechnical pits and ten hand dug inspection pits in relation to the proposed construction of a new access road through the Boscombe Down military base. Three of the geotechnical pits exposed archaeological features. Test pits 3 and 22 partially exposed ditches, although no dating was recovered from either ditch and the limits of the test pits limited any interpretation of these ditches. Test pit 26 partially revealed the edge of a possible pit, although it could equally be a ditch, of considerable size. Again no dating was recovered and interpretations were limited by the confines of the test pit. Test pitting and borehole samples cut into the old railway embankment revealed a buried soil layer surviving underneath the embankment. This appeared to be the original topsoil layer prior to the construction of the embankment. Test pit 12 revealed a buried soil layer that, due to its change in depth from one side of the test pit to the other, suggests an earlier bank underneath the existing one. This may represent an earlier phase of construction for the existing embankment. No other evidence of this earlier bank was identified within any of the other test pits. No archaeological features or deposits relating to the scheduled round barrows were identified during the works. The watching brief was undertaken between 14 May and 21 May 2018, with an additional days work on the 18 June 2018.
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Author:		 J McCarthy
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Publisher:		 Wessex Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Wiltshire and Swindon HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2018
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Site: MoD Boscombe Down Airfield
County: Wiltshire
District: Wiltshire
Parish: AMESBURY
Country: England
Grid Reference: 418215, 140896 (Easting, Northing)
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BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) ROUND BARROW (Monument Type England)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) ROUND BARROW CEMETERY (Monus)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-320895
OBIB: 206000.03
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Note:		 Wessex Archaeology client report for an archaeological watching brief.
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Created Date:		 17 Jul 2019