| Abstract: |
An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in August 2014 at Land at Witherington Farm, Downton, Wiltshire. Fifty trenches were excavated. Areas 3 and 5 contain the largest concentration of archaeology forming a Late Prehistoric agricultural landscape consisting of lynchet ploughing. Archaeological potential diminishes to the south and west of these areas. Evaluation trenches 1, to 6, 8, to 10, 12 to 15, 17, 18, 22, 23, 25, 31 to 34, 36 to 38, 42, 43, 49 and 50 contained archaeological features in the form of trackways, holloways, field boundaries, gullies, pits, postholes and negative lynchets. A large portion of these features were identified by the geophysical survey. Artefacts dated from the Late Bronze Age. |
