Kaines, J. (2023). Land west of Sand's Lane, Rowde, Wiltshire Archaeological Evaluation. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1113885. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land west of Sand's Lane, Rowde, Wiltshire Archaeological Evaluation
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Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Rowde LVA LLP, to undertake an archaeological evaluation of a 4.7 ha parcel of land to the west of Sand's Lane, Rowde, Wiltshire. The evaluation, comprising 24 trial trenches (3 % sample), was undertaken between 13 March and 21 March 2023. Five of the twenty four excavated trial trenches contained archaeological features and deposits, demonstrating archaeological remains have survived across the site. The uncovered features consisted of five ditches and a pit that represent two main periods of activity: the late prehistoric and the post-medieval. There were also a number of land drains and linear anomalies that resolved to be variations in the natural geology. Due to the very wet weather three linear features were not excavated however, pottery was recovered from the surface of trench 2204. Pottery was recovered from four contexts. All are dated to the prehistoric, with the suggestion that those in pit 104 and the subsoil in trench 4 may be Bronze Age and those in ditches 704 and 2204 are later prehistoric. Perhaps the most interesting result of the evaluation was how few features corresponded to the geophysical survey. Of the 18 features tested only five corresponded. And only two of those, ditches 704 and 1305, were found to be archaeological. A feature in trench 11 was found on investigation to be very irregulate and was interpreted as a superficial geological anomaly or possibly bioturbation. This corresponded with the D-shaped anomaly in the centre of the site. Two features in trench 3 corresponded to anomalies from the survey but were found to be undulation in the natural geology. In addition a total of 8 features were identified by the evaluation that do not correspond to the geological survey. Of these, 3 were land drains, another was a natural feature and 2 were unexcavated. But the remaining 2 were archaeological features containing dateable evidence.
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Author:		 Jon Kaines
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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:		 2023
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County: Wiltshire
District: Wiltshire
Country: England
Parish: Rowde
Grid Reference: 397569, 162472 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Tag)
BOUNDARY DITCH (Monument Type England)
LATER PREHISTORIC BOUNDARY DITCH (Tag)
SHERD (Object England)
RUBBISH PIT (Monument Type England)
LATER PREHISTORIC SHERD (Tag)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
LATER PREHISTORIC RUBBISH PIT (Tag)
POST MEDIEVAL BOUNDARY DITCH (Tag)
CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-514286
Report id: 276960.03
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Created Date:		 20 Oct 2023