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Land at Lord Mayor Treloar, Hospital (Phase 2), Alton, Hampshire: Archaeological Evaluation |
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Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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| Abstract: |
The evaluation fieldwork comprised the excavation of 29no., 30m x 1.8m trenches. The trenches were located to test geophysical anomalies and to provide a representative sample of the remainder of the site. Trench 51 and Trenches 68 to 71 were not excavated. Trench 51 was located within an area of newly planted saplings. Trench 68 was located under an overhead cable. Trenches 69 to 71 were not accessible. Trench 50 was moved, to avoid the saplings. Trenches 65 and 66 were moved, to avoid the overhead cables. In June 2022, Cotswold Archaeology carried out an archaeological evaluation (of land) at Land at Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital, Chawton Park Road, Alton, Hampshire. A total of 29 trenches were excavated. Ten of the trenches produced archaeological features ranging in date from the Late Bronze Age to the Modern period. The range of archaeological features comprises pits, postholes, ditches, possible lynchets and tree throws. Most of the features remain undated. Residual evidence of early prehistoric activity was recovered in the form of lithics (worked flint) which may be of Late Mesolithic or Early Neolithic date. The environmental evidence would appear to suggest that the site was not located close to any settlement activity. A tree throw in Trench 38 contained Late Bronze Age (1100 to 700 BC) pottery. The feature may indicate tree felling in the area during this period prior to establishing farmland. A number of other features produced worked flint which can only be broadly identified as being prehistoric. Undated ditches 3805 and 3902 produced a large quantity of industrial waste some of which resembles smithing hearth cakes from the base of forges. This may indicate a near-by settlement. However, the coal inclusions within the slag suggests these may be relatively modern. Four of the Trenches (54, 55, 59 and 61) contained undated ditches which may be strip lynchets; a lynchet is a type of agricultural furrow associated with hilly terrain. |
| Author: |
A Howard
S Klemenic
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| Publisher: |
Cotswold Archaeology
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| Year of Publication: |
2022
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| Locations: |
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England |
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Alton |
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Hampshire |
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East Hampshire |
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Grid Reference: 470554, 138482 (Easting, Northing)
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DITCH
(Monument Type England)
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PIT
(Monument Type England)
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EVALUATION
(Event)
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BRONZE AGE TREE THROW
(Tag)
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LATE BRONZE AGE DITCH
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TREE THROW
(Monument Type England)
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UNCERTAIN LYNCHET
(Tag)
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UNCERTAIN DITCH
(Tag)
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LYNCHET
(Monument Type England)
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POST HOLE
(Monument Type England)
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LATE BRONZE AGE PIT
(Tag)
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LATE BRONZE AGE POST HOLE
(Tag)
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BRONZE AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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LATE BRONZE AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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UNCERTAIN
(Historic England Periods)
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cotswold2-515467 |
| Report id: |
AN0577_1 |
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| Created Date: |
24 Nov 2023 |
