Busby, P. (2017). West Berkshire Community Hospital, Rookes Way, Thatcham, Berkshire: Archaeological Watching Brief. Cirencester: Cotswold Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1083829. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 West Berkshire Community Hospital, Rookes Way, Thatcham, Berkshire: Archaeological Watching Brief
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Series:		 Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 An archaeological watching brief was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in June and July 2017 during groundworks associated with a two storey extension to the existing hospital buildings at West Berkshire Community Hospital, Rookes Way, Thatcham, Berkshire to provide a new Renal Dialysis Unit. An early Roman field system was found consisting of two sets of parallel ditches, that appear to form the continuation of a trackway previously identified during an excavation by Oxford Archaeology. One of the ditches, 105/205, is on the same general N/S alignment as the ditch systems identified by an excavation conducted by Oxford Archaeology 100m further to the south, while ditch 112 and 110 appear to form a continuation of the trackway system that runs in a general E/W direction. These two field systems or trackways are probably contemporary and form part of a wider landscape of agricultural fields systems and trackways as identified in the previous works on the site. The sites proximity to the Roman road linking Silchester and Cirencester and the trackway possibly leading from it further indicate that the site was part of a more complex farmed landscape.
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Author:		 P Busby
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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:		 2017
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Site: West Berkshire Community Hospital, Rookes Way
County: Berkshire
District: West Berkshire
Parish: THATCHAM
Country: England
Grid Reference: 449320, 167690 (Easting, Northing)
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ROMAN (Historic England Periods) TRACKWAY (Monument Type England)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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OASIS Id: cotswold2-299274
OBIB: 17165
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Created Date:		 16 Feb 2021