Powell, A. B. and Clelland, S. (2015). Melksham Town FC, Melksham, Wiltshire: Post-Excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1112392. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Melksham Town FC, Melksham, Wiltshire: 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Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series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 Wiltshire Council to undertake a programme of archaeological mitigation on land north of Melksham Community Oak School, Bath Road, Melksham, centred on NGR 392100 162910. The work was undertaken as a condition of planning permission being granted by Wiltshire Council for the provision of new football and rugby facilities, including changing rooms, clubhouse and football stadium, together with eleven other football pitches, four rugby pitches, car parking and a new access road and junction (planning reference 13/06739/FUL). The excavation, undertaken in October and November 2014, was the final stage of a programme of archaeological works relating to the wider development area, which had included a desk-based assessment, a geophysical survey, and a trench evaluation. Please refer to section 3.2 of excavation report for full details of methodology. The excavation revealed a range of archaeological features of Romano-British date, including ditches, curved gullies, pits, post-holes and ovens, indicating settlement and agricultural activity on and probably adjacent to the site. Three phases of enclosure were suggested by some of the ditches, pottery from the earliest of them being predominantly early Romano-British date; most of the datable pottery from the site was of 1st–2nd century AD, possibly extending into the 3rd century. Associated with the enclosures was a circular arrangement of gullies possibly indicating some form of structure, a series of ovens probably used for a corn-drying, and clusters of pits and post-holes. Although no buildings were positively identified, the finds assemblage is consistent with domestic waste, and the recovery of both roofing and box flue tiles suggests the possible presence of a high status Romano-British building in the vicinity. Another series of parallel ditches, with a similar orientation to the majority of the enclosure ditches, represents the organised division of the landscape into fields and a possible trackway. Because the relationships between these ditches and the enclosures was not firmly established the sequence of activity remains unclear.
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Author:		 Andrew B Powell
Susan Clelland
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Publisher:		 Wessex Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Wiltshire and Swindon HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2015
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County: Wiltshire
District: Wiltshire
Country: England
Parish: Melksham Without
Grid Reference: 392099, 162909 (Easting, Northing)
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DITCH (Monument Type England)
ROMAN DITCH (Tag)
ROMAN CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Tag)
PIT (Monument Type England)
ROMAN PIT (Tag)
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CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
ROMAN OVEN (Tag)
OVEN (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-510386
Report id: 102403.02
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Created Date:		 15 Aug 2023