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Land East of Highworth Road, Shrivenham, Oxfordshire: Archaeological Evaluation |
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Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in February and March 2015 on Land at North Shrivenham, Oxfordshire. Twenty trenches were excavated. The evaluation identified ditches, pits and postholes associated with settlement activity focussed on a ridge of high ground at the south of the proposed development area. The artefact assemblage from the evaluation indicates that activity on the ridge began in the Middle Bronze Age and continued throughout the Iron Age period. Two Roman ditches were also recorded and probably represent further elements of field systems related to a known Roman settlement further to the west on the same ridge. The results of the fieldwork have also corroborated those of the preceding geophysical survey, which identified a dense concentration of features in the southern part of the site. In addition, the evaluation has also identified a number of smaller discrete features on the ridge-top which were not indicated on the geophysical survey. A small number of further ditches and pits that were not identified in the geophysical survey were recorded in the lower-lying parts of the site where greater subsoil depth and variations of the underlying geology may have adversely affected the survey results. |
Author: |
C Leonard
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Publisher: |
Cotswold Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Oxfordshire SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2015
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Land East of Highworth Road |
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Oxfordshire |
District: |
Vale of White Horse |
Parish: |
SHRIVENHAM |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 423612, 189437 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
cotswold2-232359 |
OBIB: |
15113 |
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Created Date: |
16 Apr 2020 |