Wessex Archaeology (2016). Bulford Washdown Facility Project, Bulford, Wiltshire. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1051758. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Bulford Washdown Facility Project, Bulford, Wiltshire
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Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Wessex Archaeology carried out archaeological investigations for a new tank track and vehicle washdown facility at Bulford, Wiltshire, within Salisbury Plain Training Area (NGR SU 17770 44520). The tank track extends from Bulford Garrison to the northwest, crossing Bulford Droveway before turning to the northeast and heading to Bulford Plantation where it joins an existing track. The proposed vehicle washdown facility (planning ref. 15/03456/FUL) is located adjacent to the east side of the new tank track, approximately 150 m to the north of Bulford Droveway. The archaeological investigation was successful in recording a number of modern military features, as well as two undated ditches and one undated post-hole, predominantly located in the northern part of the Site. The military features including zigzag shaped practice trenches and pits known as 'foxholes' were surveyed but not archaeologically excavated in the northern part of the Site because of health and safety concerns. One 'foxhole' feature was partially excavated by machine and a number of artefacts were recovered suggesting a World War II date, though this does not necessarily mean that all these military features are of the same period. Whilst three other hand-excavated features are undated, one northwest to southeast aligned ditch is definitely pre-modern and conceivably prehistoric in date and correlates with a linear anomaly recorded in the preceding geophysical survey, and may also be at the southern end of a long curving linear anomaly also revealed in the geophysical survey . Despite the known archaeological potential of the washdown area of the Site ¬- ¬it lay close to two ring ditches, possible remains of Bronze Age funerary monuments, that had been identified during the preceding geophysical surveys and desk-based assessment ¬-, no archaeological remains were found in this specific locality.
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Author:		 Wessex Archaeology
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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:		 2016
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Site: Bulford Washdown Facility Project
County: Wiltshire
District: Wiltshire
Parish: BULFORD
Country: England
Grid Reference: 417969, 144234 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) BLADE (Object England)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) MILITARY EQUIPMENT (Object England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) PRACTICE TRENCH (Monument Type England)
EXCAVATION (Event)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-270258
OBIB: 106092.03
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Created Date:		 25 Apr 2019