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Commonhead Swindon - Areas 3 and 4: Archaeological Excavation |
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Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd unpublished report series
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headland3-316848_1.pdf (19 MB)
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ADS Terms of Use and Access
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd undertook an open area excavation on a site close to the junction of the M4 and A419 motorways to the south-east of Swindon between February and May 2014. Significant pre-historic settlement remains were uncovered including a large circular ring-ditch, dating to the early Bronze Age, a post- built roundhouse, a small group of pits and a small later ring-ditch which had been used as a depository for a later Iron Age currency bar. Evidence was also uncovered for extensive stock control in the form of complex ditch arrangements, and evidence of a Bronze Age farmstead. Two ring-ditches dating to the Roman-British period were found in the west of the site, along with a range of associated linear features. |
Author: |
R Blackburn
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Publisher: |
Headland 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: |
2018
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Locations: |
Site: |
Commonhead (Areas 3 and 4) |
County: |
Wiltshire |
District: |
Swindon |
Parish: |
CHISELDON |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 418876, 182045 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
headland3-316848 |
OBIB: |
CHSW12 |
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Note: |
A4 unpublished client report
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Created Date: |
11 Oct 2019 |