Smith, A. T. and Brown, R. (2006). Excavation and geophysical survey of the Roman settlement at Charterhouse-on-Mendip, 2005. Somerset Archaeol Natur Hist 149. Vol 149, pp. 79-88.

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Title:		 Excavation and geophysical survey of the Roman settlement at Charterhouse-on-Mendip, 2005
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Issue:		 Somerset Archaeol Natur Hist 149
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Series:		 Somerset Archaeology and Natural History
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Volume:		 149
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Page Start/End:		 79 - 88
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Publication Type:		 Journal
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Abstract:		 A limited programme of archaeological investigation was carried out within the Roman lead-mining settlement at Charterhouse-on-Mendip in 2005, as part of Time Team's Big Roman dig television broadcast. The programme comprised geophysical survey and the excavation of two small trenches within the scheduled monument. The geophysics revealed a network of enclosures and roadways on differing alignments, probably representing many different phases of settlement development, in addition to evidence for possible ore extraction `rakes'. It became clear during excavation that contaminant levels below the topsoil were significantly higher than anticipated, so none of the features encountered could be fully excavated; however the remains of at least a single masonry structure were revealed in one trench, while pottery recovered from the other trench, which lay over a pronounced rectangular earthwork enclosure, revealed this feature to be of Roman date. The level of heavy metal contaminants and a small quantity of slag from both trenches confirmed that lead processing had almost certainly occurred in the immediate vicinity, and the limited ceramic evidence suggests that most activity ranged from the later-first to third century AD in date. Includes separately authored contributions on
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Author:		 Alexander T Smith ORCID icon
Richard Brown
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Year of Publication:		 2006
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Rectangular Earthwork Enclosure (Auto Detected Subject)
SETTLEMENT (Monument Type England)
Enclosures (Auto Detected Subject)
SHERD (Object England)
Third Century Ad (Auto Detected Temporal)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
Geophysics (Auto Detected Subject)
Masonry Structure (Auto Detected Subject)
2005 (Auto Detected Temporal)
Slag (Auto Detected Subject)
Ceramic (Auto Detected Subject)
Geophysical Survey (Auto Detected Subject)
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Note:		 [OS ST 503 558]
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Created Date:		 09 Mar 2007