Powell, A. B. (2014). Ridgeway Farm, Purton, Wiltshire, Post-Excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1112399. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Ridgeway Farm, Purton, Wiltshire, Post-Excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design
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Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 The overburden was removed under constant archaeological supervision using a 360º excavator fitted with a toothless ditching bucket. Stripping proceeded in spits until the top of the archaeological levels, or the top of natural deposits was reached. The overburden was scanned with a metal detector to avoid the loss of any metal finds. A sufficient sample of features exposed was excavated to fulfil the aim of the works, as agreed with the Wiltshire Council Archaeologist. All features and deposits were recorded using Wessex Archaeology's standard methods and pro forma recording system. A full graphic record was made, with plans and sections drawn at scales of 1:20 and 1:10, respectively. A full photographic record was made, using digital cameras, colour transparencies and black and white negatives (on 35 mm film). Features were surveyed using TST and GPS surveying equipment and tied into the OS National Grid. The Ordnance Datum (OD) heights of all principal features and levels were calculated, with plans and sections annotated with OD heights. The archaeological features were concentrated in the northern part of the Site. The majority of them were pits (approximately 170) and post-holes (approximately 200) of which at least 72 were components of recognisable structures; there were also numerous pit- and post-hole-sized features that were surveyed but not excavated. Finds of Iron Age, Romano-British and post-medieval date were recovered from the Site, but an undated inhumation burial was radiocarbon dated and proved to be of Late Neolithic–Early Bronze Age date. The majority of dated features were Early–Middle Iron Age, some of the post-holes forming identifiable round-houses; a further round-house was defined by a ring gully. Possible four-post square structures were also identified. Romano-British activity was more limited and localised, comprising pits of uncertain function.
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Author:		 Andrew B Powell
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Publisher:		 Wessex Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2014
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County: Wiltshire
District: Wiltshire
Country: England
Parish: Purton
Grid Reference: 411179, 186899 (Easting, Northing)
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PIT (Monument Type England)
DITCH (Monument Type England)
IRON AGE DITCH (Tag)
CROUCHED INHUMATION (Monument Type England)
MIDDLE IRON AGE PIT (Tag)
ROMAN PIT (Tag)
EXCAVATION (Event)
EARLY IRON AGE ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC) (Tag)
POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
LATE NEOLITHIC CROUCHED INHUMATION (Tag)
ROMAN DITCH (Tag)
ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC) (Monument Type England)
EARLY IRON AGE PIT (Tag)
IRON AGE POST HOLE (Tag)
POST EXCAVATION ASSESSMENT (Event)
LATE NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
EARLY IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-511625
Report id: 86362.01
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Created Date:		 15 Aug 2023