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Land North of Croft Road and North of Church Lane, Spencers Wood, Berkshire: Archaeological Evaluation. |
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Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in March 2017 at Land North of Church Lane, Three Miles Cross, Spencers Wood, Berkshire. Fifty six of the planned sixty two trenches were excavated forming a 4% sample of the development area. The evaluation recorded archaeological features in the form of ditches, pits and postholes. There are three areas of concentrated archaeology within Trench 26-30, Trenches 35-39 and Trenches 43-46. The finds recovery was poor with a large number of undated features throughout the site. The dating evidence recovered ranged in date from the Late Iron Age/Early Roman to the post-medieval period. Limited amounts of worked flint found indicates a low level of Prehistoric activity within the wider environment. Considering the relatively small amount of Prehistoric finds and the secondary nature of the ditch fills from which the worked flint was recovered it is likely that the material is residual in nature. An unexcavated pit in Trench 43, produced a single piece of Late Iron Age to Early Roman pottery. Several of the trenches (44 to 46) produced ditches and gullies, which, although undated, could indicate a dispersed field system of Iron Age or Roman date. A gully in Trench 27, produced burnt flint and pottery from the Roman period and a dumped deposit of hearth material indicating nearby settlement activity. |
Author: |
Oliver Good
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Publisher: |
Cotswold Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Berkshire Archaeology HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2017
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Land North of Croft Road and North of Church Lane |
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Berkshire |
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Wokingham |
Parish: |
SHINFIELD |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 471660, 168160 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
cotswold2-306237 |
OBIB: |
17157 |
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Created Date: |
31 Jan 2019 |