Title: |
Great Western Alternative, Didcot, Oxfordshire. Archaeological Evaluation |
Number of Pages: |
101 |
Biblio Note |
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Publication Type: |
Report
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Abstract: |
A total of 245 trenches were excavated across the development area, following a more limited evaluation. Features in the form of ditches, post holes and occasional buried soil horizons dating from the Bronze Age to the post-medieval periods were evident. Bronze Age activity was represented by a few scattered features located across the landscape. Intensive activity located to the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age was recorded at the site of an enclosed settlement, as well as a ring-ditch. Further isolated Iron Age features were also identified. Occupation and specialist production dating to the Late Iron Age or Roman periods was identified, as well as later Roman agricultural activity. A possible bustum nearby was indicitative of funerary activity. An Anglo-Saxon trackway was the only evidence for activity dating to this period, while medieval and post-medieval ridge and furrow and field boundaries were present across the entire site. [Au(abr)] |
Author: |
Mark Brett
Laurent Coleman
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Publisher: |
Cotswold Archaeology
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Year of Publication: |
2003
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Subjects / Periods: |
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Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2003
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: GREAT WESTERN ALTERNATIVE, DIDCOT Study area: Investigation type: Evaluation District: South Oxfordshire Monument: RIDGE AND FURROW. Medieval (1066-1540), FIELD BOUNDARY. Post-medieval (1540-1901), RING DITCH. Iron Age, DITCH. Bronze Age, [finds]. Iron Age, [finds]. Bronze Age, FIELD BOUNDARY. Medieval (1066-1540), FEATURE. Roman (AD43-410), FEATURE. Bronze Age, FEATU Ngr: SU58059015 Parish: Brightwell-cum-Sotwell Postcode: OX100SH
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Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |