Hardy, A. (2019). Iron Age smelting and medieval charcoal production at Fleet Hill, Farm, Eversley Quarry, Finchampstead, Wokingham: archaeological investigations in 2009–2011. Berkshire Archaeological Journal 84. Vol 84, pp. 43-63.

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Title:		 Iron Age smelting and medieval charcoal production at Fleet Hill, Farm, Eversley Quarry, Finchampstead, Wokingham: archaeological investigations in 2009–2011
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Issue:		 Berkshire Archaeological Journal 84
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Series:		 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire Archaeological Journal
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Volume:		 84
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Page Start/End:		 43 - 63
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Other Pages:		 64
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Abstract:		 "Archaeological investigations at Fleet Hill Farm, Eversley, recovered evidence for two main phases of activity, a phase of iron smelting and charcoal production dating to the Early to Middle Iron Age, and a phase of medieval charcoal production dating to between the 11th and 13th centuries. The Iron Age evidence for iron production is currently unique to the region, being the only one with physical evidence for all the elements of the process: the source of the raw materials, the processing of both the fuel and the ore, the smelting site, and the workshop or shelter. The iron smelting process was examined in detail and showed that the techniques represented by the furnace were efficient in converting the low-grade bog ore into iron. A programme of radiocarbon dating identified a number of medieval charcoal clamps that were otherwise indistinguishable from their Iron Age counterparts. Slight evidence for a Mesolithic presence and for Bronze Age and later Iron Age activity was also found, along with post-medieval and modern landscape management features in the form of a number of field ditches and drains."
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Author:		 Alan Hardy
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Year of Publication:		 2019
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Location - Auto Detected: Finchampstead
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medieval (Auto Detected Temporal)
Early to Middle Iron Age (Auto Detected Temporal)
post-medieval (Auto Detected Temporal)
iron smelting (Auto Detected Subject)
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Created Date:		 06 May 2020