Berkshire Archaeological Journal 68

SU 896792. Three Neolithic shafts and a couple of pits were excavated; Fengate and Ebbsfleet/Mortlake pottery was found in the fillings together with wares of early Neolithic plain varieties, and flints, some of which could be Mesolithic. The largest shaft, c 3.5m in diameter, was 14C-dated in late 4th millennium bc. Parallels with the Eaton Heath shafts are inexact since here there was no surrounding settlement evidence; but on balance the Cannon Hill shafts seem best interpreted as wells rather than as 'ritual' features. A report on sediment samples is appended.

SU 720736. An area at the east end of the abbey church founded in 1121 was excavated to recover much of the plan, including a formerly unknown apsidal chapel and part of a semi-circular central chapel. Information on building methods was recovered and patches of medieval tiles found, some with patterns previously unknown. Pottery (EBA to 18th century), building materials, small metal finds, glass, worked flints and bones are reported.