Images from an Archaeological Evaluation at Lotmead Swindon Eastern Villages, Swindon, Wiltshire 2020
Cotswold Archaeology, 2021. https://doi.org/10.5284/1084994. How to cite using this DOI
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- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1084994
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Introduction
This collection comprises images from an archaeological evaluation. In September 2020, Cotswold Archaeology carried out an archaeological evaluation on land at Lotmead Swindon Eastern Villages, Swindon, Wiltshire. A total of nine trenches were excavated to complement and refine the results from previous evaluation of the site.
The evaluation revealed a complete lack of archaeological features within Trenches 1 to 4 within the northern half of the site, consistent with the general lack of archaeological features in the same area (Trench 26) from the previous evaluation north of Trench 18. In the southern half of the site, the density of archaeological features was consistent with that revealed in Trench 12 previously, and a higher density than that revealed previously in Trenches 15 and 16.
Two features revealed in Trench 6 may be of prehistoric origin, but the vast majority of features revealed are of Roman date, comprising mostly ditches and pits. Given the high density of features within Trenches 7 to 9 towards the southern end of the site, there was a surprising lack of clear correlation between ditches in different trenches (including previous Trenches 12 and 16), suggesting a series of meandering and recut boundary features commonly found on the periphery of Roman roadside settlements.
A second burial was revealed in the south-western corner of the site, complement the first burial found in the previous evaluation (which was re-exposed during this evaluation). This confirms the use of this part of the site for burials in the Roman period, but it is unclear whether the two burials were occasional ones (commonly found along the edges of Roman ditched enclosures) or part of a larger cemetery at the edge of the roadside settlement.
