| Title: |
An Archaeological Watching Brief at Shapwick Hill, Shapwick. Wessex Water 90mm Mains Water Renewal Line |
| Number of Pages: |
15 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
A watching brief was carried out during the excavation of a pipe trench which ran through a field containing an upstanding windmill mound and a second, damaged, mound. The line of the trench cut the edge of the latter. Further windmill sites, possible round barrows, a Roman road and prehistoric artefacts had been recorded in the surrounding area. During the watching brief, a ditch feature was observed, but it was noted that the mound itself did not appear to have been damaged by the trench, which appeared to have cut through slump deposits rather than an upstanding feature. Only the extreme western tip of the mound survived, much of it having probably been destroyed by the creation of the road to Shapwick, perhaps in the medieval period. Although no artefacts were recovered, it was felt that the mound represented a Bronze Age barrow rather than a purpose-built windmill mound, particularly as the road itself was of some antiquity. [AIP] |
| Author: |
C Hollinrake
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| Publisher: |
C. and N. Hollinrake Ltd
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| Year of Publication: |
1997
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Shapwick Hill Shapwick Wessex |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Shapwick |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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BRONZE AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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| Prehistoric (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Roman (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1997
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: SHAPWICK HILL, SHAPWICK
Study area:
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Sedgemoor
Monument: DITCH. Undated, MOUND. Undated
Ngr: ST42183737
Parish: Shapwick
Postcode: TA7 9QU
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
