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Berinsfield Substation E4L5 11 KV Refurbishment, Oxfordshire - Archaeological Watching Brief Report |
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Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Scottish and Southern Energy Group to carry out an archaeological watching brief during the refurbishment of a network of overhead electricity lines from Berinsfield Primary Substation, Oxfordshire. The scheme involved overhead electricity lines covering an extensive area between Abingdon, Didcot and Wallingford. Certain areas were affected by the removal and insertion of poles which were monitored during the watching brief. The area of South Oxfordshire and the Vale of the White Horse is rich in archaeological remains, including a number of extensive Scheduled Monuments. The cultural periods evidenced include Neolithic and Bronze Age funerary and ritual landscapes, Iron Age and Roman Settlements, field systems, communication and boundary features, and Saxon and medieval settlements and field systems. Some of the pole replacement took place in areas featuring Bronze Age funerary landscapes, and multi-period (mainly Iron Age and Roman) settlements and agricultural landscapes. One Scheduled Monument was crossed by the scheme, SM Oxon 243, a multi-period Bronze Age Barrow cemetery, Iron Age, Romano-British and Saxon settlements and agricultural landscape to the west of Appleford. |
Author: |
K Egging
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Publisher: |
Wessex Archaeology
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Year of Publication: |
2006
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Berinsfield |
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South Oxfordshire |
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England |
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Oxfordshire |
Grid Reference: 457499, 196499 (Easting, Northing)
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wessexar1-162735 |
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report number 63200.03 |
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03 Jul 2023 |