Buttington Cross, Powys

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Title:

Subtitle:

A Bronze Age Barrow and Post-Roman Grain Processing Site

Issue:

Archaeology in Wales

Series:

Archaeology in Wales

Volume:

Page Start/End:

130 - 138

Biblio Note

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Publication Type:

Journal

Abstract:

This paper summarises the results of geophysical survey and excavation undertaken in 2007. Unstratified Neolithic finds recovered included a polished stone axe (probably Group VI Langdale or VII Penmaenmawr area of North Wales), a fragment of Peterborough Ware pottery and levallois-style discoidal flint core. A pit adjacent to where a barrow was later constructed contained charred grain and hazelnut fragments radiocarbon dated to 2340-2130 cal BC (SUERC-24179, 3795 ± 30 BP) and was associated with finely decorated beaker pottery. Early Bronze Age activity focussed around the partial ring-ditch of a ploughed-out barrow with an elongated pit and central pit for the primary cremation containing a deposit of burnt bone accompanied by flint artefacts and personal objects of worked bone and stone. The cremation deposit was radiocarbon dated to 2040-1880 cal BC (SUERC-24309, 3610 ± 30 BP). A second pit in the internal space of the ring-ditch could indicate that the barrow was reused for secondary burial which is common during the early post-Roman period. Other post-Roman features include corn dryers and the presence of free-threshing wheat including hulled 6-row barley, medieval ridge and furrow and post-medieval field boundaries. Au/SH

Author:

Andrew Manning
Derek Hurst

Year of Publication:

2009

Subjects / Periods:

Burnt Bone (Auto Detected Subject)
Hazelnut Fragments Radiocarbon Dated (Auto Detected Subject)
Flint Artefacts (Auto Detected Subject)
	FUNERARY SITE (Monument Type England)
Field Boundaries Aush (Auto Detected Subject)
Peterborough Ware Pottery (Auto Detected Subject)
2007 Unstratified Neolithic (Auto Detected Temporal)
	PIT (Monument Type England)
Cremation (Auto Detected Subject)
Stone (Auto Detected Subject)
Worked Bone (Auto Detected Subject)
Furrow (Auto Detected Subject)
Geophysical Survey (Auto Detected Subject)
	BARROW (Monument Type England)
Hulled 6row Barley Medieval Ridge (Auto Detected Subject)
Early Postroman (Auto Detected Temporal)
Postmedieval (Auto Detected Temporal)
Beaker Pottery (Auto Detected Subject)
Flint (Auto Detected Subject)
Corn Dryers (Auto Detected Subject)
Early Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal)
Charred Grain (Auto Detected Subject)

Source:

BIAB (biab_online)

Created Date:

27 Feb 2015

Manning, A. and Hurst, D. (2009). Buttington Cross, Powys. Archaeology in Wales. Vol 49, pp. 130-138.

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