| Title: |
Excavations On Iron Age And Romano-British Settlements At Cannards Grave, Shepton Mallet |
| Number of Pages: |
107 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
Excavations were carried out in advance of the construction of a new road junction. The area affected comprised two sites, Area 1 and Area 2, of which Area 1 lay within a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Excavation of Area 2 revealed modern land drains and a short length of post-medieval ditch. However, evidence of several phases of prehistoric and later settlement was recorded within Area 1. Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age pottery and flints were recovered, whilst a pit and linear feature of Middle to Late Bronze Age date were observed. The main occupation phase comprised the remains of four Middle Iron Age roundhouses with associated features, including pits, post holes, ditches and possible two-post structures. Redposited human bone, representing roughly 12% of the skeleton of a juvenile, was recovered from one pit, which also contained Middle Iron Age pottery. Five phases of Romano-British occupation, dating from the early-mid 2nd century AD to the late 4th or early 5th century, were also recorded. Remains included extensive cobbled surfaces, a masonry structure of uncertain function, dry stone walls, drainage gullies, a well, a metalled trackway and stone quarries. [Au(adp)] |
| Author: |
Vaughan Birbeck
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| Publisher: |
Wessex Archaeology
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| Year of Publication: |
1997
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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MIDDLE IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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LATE BRONZE AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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| 2nd Century Ad To The Late 4th (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Early Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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LATE NEOLITHIC
(Historic England Periods)
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| Early 5th Century (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: CANNARDS GRAVE, SHEPTON MALLET
Study area: 0.6+0.8h
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Mendip
Monument: FEATURE. PIT [finds] Bronze Age, DITCH. Post-medieval (1540-1901), [finds]. Late Prehistoric (ie Neolithic - Iron Age), SETTLEMENT. ROUNDHOUSE DITCH PIT POST HOLE HUMAN REMAINS [finds] Middle Iron Age, ENCLOSURE. FEATURE STRUCTURE WALL GULLY WELL TRACKWAY
Ngr: ST62704215
Parish: Shepton Mallet
Postcode: BA4 4LZ
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
