Wessex Archaeology (2017). Perham Down World War I Practice Trenches Salisbury Plain, Hampshire Archaeological Evaluation Report. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1082870. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Perham Down World War I Practice Trenches Salisbury Plain, Hampshire Archaeological Evaluation Report
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Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Defence Infrastructure Organisation to undertake a trial trench evaluation on a complex of World War I practice trenches at Perham Down, Hampshire, centred on National Grid Reference (NGR) 425050 146050. The geophysical survey and small-scale investigations of the WWI Bedlam practice trenches on Perham Down have provided results which have considerably exceeded initial expectations. The gradiometer survey has proved very successful at showing the layout of the trenches and is capable of revealing considerable detail, which in this case could be easily related to the layout shown on a 1915 Field map which included this part of the 'German' trenches. In terms of the physical remains, the work has shown that even small-scale excavation, employing standard excavation techniques, can provide a significant (and perhaps surprising) amount of information, particularly where few or no (as in this case) earthworks survive. Excavations in 2016 targeted the Front, Support and Reserve Lines, a Supply Trench, Shelters, an Aid Post and a Latrine, all lying within a single arable field. In the case of the Front Line, it was evident that there was a relatively complex sequence of trench use, sap construction with subsequent abandonment and blocking and, following this, the creation of a new fire step during the continued operation of the trench.
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Author:		 Wessex Archaeology
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Publisher:		 Wessex Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2017
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Site: Perham Down
County: Wiltshire
District: Clackmannanshire
Parish: TIDWORTH
Country: England
Grid Reference: 425810, 148940 (Easting, Northing)
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20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) CARVED CHALK PLAQUE (Find)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) PRACTICE TRENCH (Monument Type England)
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY (Event)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-272867
OBIB: 113940
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Created Date:		 22 Oct 2020