Moore, B. (2014). Land at Rew Farm, Melksham, Wiltshire. Wardell Armstrong Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1046511. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land at Rew Farm, Melksham, Wiltshire
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Series:		 Wardell Armstrong Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 At the request of Wardell Armstrong LLP, Wardell Armstrong Archaeology were commissioned by Green Switch Solutions Ltd to undertake an archaeological evaluation of land at Rew Farm, Melksham, Wiltshire centred on Ordnance Survey grid reference ST 9377 6173, in support of a planning application for the construction of a solar farm at the site. A geophysical survey of the site at Rew Farm was conducted by Wardell Armstrong Archaeology in June 2014 and a series of curvilinear and linear magnetic anomalies were detected, which may have represented soil-filled enclosure ditches. As a result a trial trench evaluation of the site was requested by Wiltshire County Council, in order to provide further information regarding the archaeological potential of the site. This was undertaken over five days between the 11th and 19th of August 2014 and comprised the excavation of fifteen 30 metre long trenches across the four fields affected by the potential development. These were positioned to investigate both geophysical anomalies and blank areas in the geophysical survey. Three trenches contained significant archaeological features and deposits. Trench 3 contained two roughly north-south linear features, an east-west ditch and another feature difficult to interpret within the confines of the 1.5 metre wide trench. All the features contained quantities of Roman pottery. Trench 4 contained linear features which may be related to those recorded in Trench 3. They also contained Roman pottery and were aligned north-south and east-west. To the east of these linears was a spread of material that also contained pottery as well as animal bone and charcoal fragments. At the west south-west end of Trench 5 a cremation burial was encountered. No archaeological features or deposits were noted in the other trenches excavated.
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Author:		 Ben Moore ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 Wardell Armstrong 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:		 2014
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Site: Land at Rew Farm
County: Wiltshire
District: Wiltshire
Parish: MELKSHAM
Country: England
Grid Reference: 393770, 161730 (Easting, Northing)
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ROMAN (Historic England Periods) COIN (Object England)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) FLINT TOOLS (Find)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS (Monus)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) FLINT TOOLS (Monus)
CHURCH (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: wardella2-190026
OBIB: CP10802/14
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Created Date:		 19 Feb 2018