Title: |
ARCHAEOLOGICAL WATCHING BRIEF AND EVALUATION AT BARKHAM RIDE, BARKHAM, EAST BERKSHIRE |
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John Moore Heritage Services unpublished report series
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
John Moore Heritage Services conducted a Watching Brief during the construction of a Car Park and Soakaway prior to Landscaping for the planned park at Barkham Ride, East Berkshire (NGR SU 7898 6599). The site was previously part of Rook's Nest Farm. No previous archaeological material had been recognised in the immediate area, but the potential of the site was recognised due to the recovery of material from a field to the west of the site. A geophysical survey was carried out on the site prior to the Watching Brief that identified the remains of three anomalies interpreted as ditches and another considered to be a later inclosure boundary. The subsequent Watching Brief for the Car Park identified significant archaeological remains. Further significant archaeology was identified during the excavations of 12 trenches for an Evaluation. No proper dating evidence was recovered but the archaeology uncovered enables us for the first time to locate a boundary marker on the Anglo-Saxon Charter of the Barkham Estate; and interpret the archaeology as prehistoric field systems, a woodland boundary, Iron-Age to Roman settlement, medieval agricultural activity and post-medieval field systems. |
Author: |
Stephen Yeates
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Publisher: |
John Moore Heritage Services
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Berkshire Archaeology HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2010
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Locations: |
Site: |
Rook’s Nest Farm |
Parish: |
BARKHAM |
District: |
Wokingham |
County: |
Berkshire |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 478980, 165990 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
johnmoor1-95103 |
OBIB: |
2278 |
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Note: |
A4 Report
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Created Date: |
24 Nov 2016 |