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Beer Wall, Othery, Somerset |
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Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series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 Somerset County Council (SCC) to undertake an archaeological trial trench evaluation and borehole transect programme at Beer Wall, Othery, Somerset centred on National Grid Reference (NGR) 339293 131515. The fieldwork was undertaken from the 29th September to 2nd October 2014. The work was undertaken as part of a development project designed to improve the conveyance of water beneath the A372 road involving the construction of culverts beneath the road and the lowering of the adjacent ground. Beer Wall is listed on the Somerset Historic Environment Record (HER) as a medieval wall that protected Aller Moors from flooding. Archaeological investigations comprised the excavation of four stepped trial trenches which attempted to located the wall and six boreholes arranged either side of the A372 which aimed to locate the relict river channel. No traces of the Beer Wall, or any associated structures were identified within the footprint of the four evaluation trenches and it is possible the course of the wall falls beneath the current line of the A372. The trenches revealed deposits associated with possible road construction and water management in the form of ditches and banks. Laminated peat sequences were recorded in the trenches and boreholes though no dating material was recovered to provide a date for the formation of these deposits. Material could be extracted from these peat deposits for radiocarbon dating and a range of palaeoenvironmental techniques; however these deposits do not warrant further investigation due to the lack of associated archaeological remains at this location. |
Author: |
S Clelland
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Publisher: |
Wessex Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Somerset HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2014
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Beer Wall, Othery, Somerset |
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Somerset |
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Sedgemoor |
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OTHERY |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 339313, 131520 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
wessexar1-197093 |
OBIB: |
106060.03 |
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A4 illustrated client report
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Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |