Powell, J. (2019). Land South of Western Way, Bowerhill, Melksham; Post-excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1090207. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land South of Western Way, Bowerhill, Melksham; Post-excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design
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Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Taylor Wimpey Bristol to undertake archaeological mitigation works comprising an archaeological strip, map and sample excavation on land South of Western Way, Bowerhill, Melksham, centred on NGR 391180 162610. The work was carried out as a condition of planning permission granted by Wiltshire Council (16/01123/OUT) for the residential development of up to 235 dwellings, primary school with early years nursery and open space provision. The excavation, undertaken in September and October 2018, was the final stage of a programme of archaeological works relating to the wider development area, which included a heritage assessment, geophysical survey and trial trench evaluation which identified a cluster of features towards the north-western edge of the development area. Two areas were investigated during the excavation and produced evidence of Iron Age and Romano-British date, including field ditches, pits, and two four-post structures. The main phase of activity dates to the Iron Age, and this activity may have begun during the early to middle Iron Age. Pottery from the features has been dated to the 8-4th centuries BC, and more broadly to the Iron Age period. The arrangement of pits, structures and ditches suggest small scale activity close to a field margin. The four-post structures and recovery of parts of a quernstone may be considered to tentatively indicate crop processing or storage close to the excavation area, possibly towards the north or north-east, and most likely outside the development area. Limited evidence for Romano-British activity was recorded and suggests that during the 1st-4th centuries AD the development area was largely rural agricultural land. The Romano-British ditches may be associated with field systems recorded as cropmarks to the east, but this remains uncertain due to the limits of the investigation
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Author:		 J Powell
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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:		 2019
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Site: Land South of Western Way, Bowerhil
County: Wiltshire
District: Wiltshire
Parish: MELKSHAM WITHOUT
Country: England
Grid Reference: 391180, 162610 (Easting, Northing)
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EXCAVATION (Event)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) GREENSAND ROTARY QUERN (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) METAL WORK - FIDDLE-KEY (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) METALWORK - HORSESHOE NAIL (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) METALWORK - IMPLEMENT (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) METALWORK - LARGE MASONRY NAIL (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) METALWORK -ROD (Find)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) ROOF TILE (Object England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-345434
OBIB: 209440.03
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Note:		 Unpublished grey literature client report consisting of 38 A4 pages. This includes 2 appendices, 3 figures, 8 plates, and 5 tables.
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Created Date:		 29 Oct 2021