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Melksham Campus Development, Melksham, Wiltshire: Archaeological Evaluation Report |
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Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Wiltshire Council to carry out an archaeological trial trench evaluation on land at Melksham House, Melksham, Wiltshire (NGR 390230 163590). The Site has recently been acquired by Wiltshire Council, who are planning to redevelop the Site in order to provide modern leisure and service hub facilities. This evaluation followed a desk-based assessment and geophysical survey (WA 2012) which had established a potential for the presence of buried archaeological remains potentially relating to the medieval and later development of Melksham. The evaluation was undertaken between the 5th and the 8th August 2013. The evaluation, which consisted of four trenches, identified a number of archaeological features potentially relating to use of the Site in the medieval period. These consisted of a number of ditches, gullies and pits suggesting possible domestic and agricultural activity from the 12th to the 14th century. In general the archaeological features lay at a depth in excess of 0.5m below the current ground level beneath modern and buried soil deposits. In the eastern part of the Site a buried soil horizon thought to be medieval in date was identified at around 0.35m below the current ground level. The fieldwork both confirmed the presence of archaeological features identified by the geophysical survey (Wessex Archaeology 2012) and also identified features in areas where the extent metal fixtures had obscured the geophysical data. |
Author: |
N Brennon
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Publisher: |
Wessex Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Wiltshire and Swindon HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2013
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Melksham Campus Development |
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Wiltshire |
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Wiltshire |
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MELKSHAM |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 390230, 163590 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
wessexar1-162084 |
OBIB: |
report number 100580 |
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A4 bound client report
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Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |