Wiltshire Archaeol Natur Hist Mag 96

Pipeline work in 1997 revealed evidence of Roman occupation. Early Roman features were located on both sides of a large, possibly defensive, ditch, but were concentrated to the west where they included ditches, pits and postholes, as well as two graves forming part of a larger cemetery. One of the fewer later Roman features revealed was an urned cremation burial.

Considers the importance of the school's Near-Eastern-influenced design in the context of the architect's career.

Considers the work of an antiquarian famous for his motto `I speak from facts, not theory' and subsequently considered pivotal to the creation of scientific archaeology.

additional evidence for northern connections (of the burial type)

A recent geophysical survey and re-assessment of field drawings made in the early eighteenth century by William Stukeley suggest that the currently accepted, and scheduled, location of the Winterbourne Bassett stone circle must now be considered in doubt. That such a monument once existed seems highly probable, but its identification with a scatter of stones at Upper Oxleaze may well be erroneous -- these being part of a naturally-occurring distribution without any deliberate patterning. It seems more likely that the stone circle in fact once lay to the south of a lane leading to Clyffe Pypard.

Clarification of recent provenance (see 2002/544).

Thos. Twining (1668--1739) and reasons for his interpretation of Avebury as Roman.

Recent archaeological work at the airfield at the Defence Evaluation & Research Agency (DERA) has yielded a probable bowl barrow.

Controversy over the true origin of Clack Mount at Bradenstoke -- whether Norman motte or later garden feature -- is given further fuel by the discovery of a 1645 document calling for the strengthening of the garrison at Bradenstoke priory.

Correction to The stone circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany (Yale UP, 2000).

Possible local origin for the figure.

Short reports on work during the year, arranged alphabetically.