Currie, C. K. (1998). An Archaeological Evaluation of Land Adjoining Aldermaston and Priestly Roads, Sherborne St JJohn, Basingstoke, Hampshire. CKC Archaeology.

Title:

An Archaeological Evaluation of Land Adjoining Aldermaston and Priestly Roads, Sherborne St JJohn, Basingstoke, Hampshire

Number of Pages:

Biblio Note

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Publication Type:

Report

Abstract:

An evaluation was undertaken which comprised of trial trenching and a magnetometer survey. One definite, and one possible, pit was discovered, plus a substantial ditch. Both the definite pit and the ditch contained worked flint flakes. Field scanning on the site recovered moderate quantities of mainly Later Neolithic or Early Bronze Age flint work. A virtual absence of any ceramic types before the later post-medieval period may have suggested that the features could tentatively be put forward as being of Later Neolithic or Bronze Age date. A pronounced linear anomaly was identified on a ENE-WSW alignment by the magnetometer survey. Excavation and field scanning identified this as the ploughed out remains of a coke, ash and iron filled linear feature. Residual coke was subsequently observed spread across the field for some distance either side of the feature. Late post-medieval ceramics dated the activity to the 19th/20th century. It was possibly associated with earrly mechanised farming. [Au(abr)]

Author:

Christopher K Currie

Publisher:

CKC Archaeology

Year of Publication:

1998

Subjects / Periods:

19th20th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
Early Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
Late Postmedieval (Auto Detected Temporal)
Later Neolithic (Auto Detected Temporal)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)

Note:

Date Of Issue From: 1998 Date Of Coverage From: 01 Date Of Coverage To: 01 Editorial Expansion: Site name: ALDERMASTON AND PRIESTLY ROADS, SHERBORNE ST JOHN, BASINGSTOKE
Study area: 3.1 ac
Investigation type: Evaluation
District: Basingstoke and Dean
Monument: LINEAR FEATURE. Post-medieval (1540-1901), PIT. Late Prehistoric (ie Neolithic - Iron Age), [finds]. Early Bronze Age, [finds]. Late Neolithic, [finds]. Post-medieval (1540-1901), DITCH. Late Prehistoric (ie Neolithic - Iron Age)
Ngr: SU62365390
Parish: Sherborne St John, Sherborne St. John
Postcode: RG249NA

Source:

BIAB (Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))

Created Date:

19 Jan 2009