| Title: |
Land off Draycott Road, Cheddar, Somerset. Archaeological Evaluation. (WA Report no. 45300.1) |
| Number of Pages: |
16 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An evaluation was carried out at the proposed site of a residential development which lay close to the site of an important Romano-British settlement which was a SAM, and was transected by the River Yeo, which appeared to have been canalised in this area. The site of a Saxon Royal Palace, also a SAM, lay 100m to the north. Geophysical survey of the proposal site had identified a number of anomalies, which were interpreted as possible Roman stone-lined drainage ditches or walls associated with the canalisation of the river. Possible pits and ditches were also identified. Evaluation trenches sited to investigate the anomalies revealed modern field drains, a modern sewerage pipe and geological variations. A palaeochannel was also excavated, whilst a linear feature was found to contain probable prehistoric pottery, of possible Early Bronze Age date. This feature was interpreted in the field as a modern drainage ditch, but it could ave been of a prehistoric date. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
A Batt
C Matthews
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| Publisher: |
Wessex Archaeology
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| Year of Publication: |
1998
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1998
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: LAND OFF DRAYCOTT ROAD, CHEDDAR
Study area:
Investigation type: Evaluation
District: Sedgemoor
Monument: SEWER. Modern (1901-present), SEWAGE PIPE. Modern (1901-present), DITCH. Undated, [finds]. Prehistoric, FIELD DRAIN. Modern (1901-present)
Ngr: ST45705260
Parish: Cheddar
Postcode: BS273XS
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
