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Kingsclere Road, Manor Farm, Monk Sherborne, Hampshire |
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Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Integrated Skills Limited, on behalf of G B Foot Limited, to undertake a trial trench evaluation on land at Kingsclere Road, Manor Farm, Monk Sherborne, Hampshire (NGR) 460104 154796. The archaeological evaluation, consisting of 33 trenches measuring 30 m in length, was carried out between the 27 and 31 March 2017. The Site has been proposed for a new chalk/agricultural limestone quarry to replace the existing quarry at Manor Farm located to the north of the Site. Results from an earlier Heritage Statement and Detailed Gradiometer survey had warranted further archaeological mitigation on the Site in the form of an archaeological evaluation. The archaeological evaluation encountered no archaeological features or deposits within the investigated areas. Geophysical anomalies which some of the trenches were targeted were found to be either geological in origin or the result of bioturbation. Due to the shallow nature of the overlying topsoil and plough-soil across the Site it was possible that any archaeological features had been truncated away, although the good preservation of the natural features suggests otherwise. Artefacts recovered from the topsoil around the trenches indicate prehistoric activity within the surrounding area and is most likely associated with the Iron Age keyhole enclosure located to the east of the Site. |
Author: |
M Kendall
A D Crockett
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Publisher: |
Wessex Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Please note: this record has been validated by-proxy by Historic England.
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Year of Publication: |
2017
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Locations: |
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Manor Farm, Kingsclere Road |
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Hampshire |
District: |
Basingstoke and Deane |
Parish: |
MONK SHERBORNE |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 460104, 154796 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
wessexar1-281352 |
OBIB: |
114442.03 |
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A4 illustrated client report.
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Created Date: |
16 Aug 2019 |