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Whaddon FAS Cheltenham Gloucestershire Post-Excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design |
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Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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cotswold2-350654_1.pdf (14 MB)
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
A programme of archaeological investigation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology between June and September 2017 at the request of CH2M (now Jacobs) at Whaddon FAS, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. In compliance with an approved WSI (CA 2017a), an area of 1.11ha was excavated across the development area. A series of intercutting enclosure and drainage ditches were identified across site, which were dated to the Late Iron Age and Roman period. At the north of the excavated area, the site was the focus for two successive large enclosures, each of which contained a number of intercutting amorphous ditches, possibly relating to enclosures and/or drainage. The site was bisected by a substantial palaeochannel, which was canalised during the Roman period, and many of the ditches may have related to water management. At the south-west of the site two ditch alignments may have been part of a trackway, and some regular ditches possibly related to structures. Residual pottery of late prehistoric date and a small assemblage of residual worked flints, some likely of Mesolithic or Early Neolithic date, suggest prehistoric activity in the general area. Notable finds included fineware ceramics, many Roman coins, brooches and other metalwork, forming an assemblage of unusually rich character for a typical Roman rural site. This suggests the excavated area may have been associated with a high status settlement and/or a site with a religious focus. |
Author: |
A Thomson
Tom Brindle
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Publisher: |
Cotswold Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Please note: this record has been validated by-proxy by Historic England.
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Year of Publication: |
2018
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Whaddon FAS |
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Gloucestershire |
District: |
Cheltenham |
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CHELTENHAM |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 397391, 222804 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
cotswold2-350654 |
OBIB: |
18012 |
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Created Date: |
16 Aug 2019 |