Ellis, C. (2014). Land to the North of Newbury, Newbury, West Berkshire. Cirencester: Cotswold Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1082380. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land to the North of Newbury, Newbury, West Berkshire
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Series:		 Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 A fieldwalking survey and archaeological evaluation were undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in February 2014 at the site, which consisted of two blocks of land bisected by the A338 road, which together extended over c. 35.5ha. A total 12.54ha of fieldwalking survey were completed and 78 of the originally proposed 81 evaluation trenches were excavated. The work recorded Mesolithic to post-medieval artefacts from across the site in varying quantities, as well as recovering (mostly) residual prehistoric worked and burnt flint. In some cases these unstratified finds corresponded with sub-surface archaeological features during the evaluation, particularly Neolithic/Bronze Age activity in the area of a ploughed-out barrow ring-ditch of Middle/Late Bronze Age or earlier date in the northwest of Field C. Prehistoric activity was represented by concentrations of (mostly Bronze Age) worked flint and burnt flint recorded in the south-west and north-east of Field B. Another concentration of Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age activity is represented by a distribution of mostly unstratified worked and burnt flint and pottery in the south of Field C, probably from activity centred on the high ground at the very south-eastern part of the site. Roman activity of at least 2nd - 3rd century AD date, including pits and ditches, as well as unstratified artefacts were concentrated on the high ground on the west side of the site. Medieval activity is represented by a very small number of 12th - 15th century pottery sherds dispersed across the site. Most of the post-medieval and modern material (16th century and later) recovered comprises ceramic building material spread out across the fields as a result of ploughing or through deliberate dumping such as from construction of the A339. The only post-medieval finds of note consisted of two copper alloy coins, a token and two lead shot of 17th century date, possibly from the Second Battle of Newbury in 1644
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Author:		 C Ellis
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Publisher:		 Cotswold Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
West Berkshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2014
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Site: Land North of Newbury
County: Berkshire
District: West Berkshire
Parish: SHAW CUM DONNINGTON
Country: England
Grid Reference: 447012, 169694 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) MUSKET BALLS (2) (Find)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) ROUND BARROW (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
FIELDWALKING SURVEY (Event)
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OASIS Id: cotswold2-193317
OBIB: CA typescript report 14092
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Created Date:		 22 Oct 2020