Sulikowska, J. and Clelland, S. (2008). Land at Hort Bridge, Ilminster, Somerset. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1091013. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land at Hort Bridge, Ilminster, Somerset
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Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Alder King, acting on behalf of Alchemy Properties, to undertake an archaeological field evaluation on land at Hort Bridge, Station Road, Ilminster, Somerset, centred on National Grid Reference 334685 115058. The Site is located approximately 1km north-west of Ilminster and occupies an area of 16.9ha. It comprises two areas: Area A, located to the north of B3168 and Area B to the south. The field evaluation comprised the machine excavation of thirty trenches (each 30m in length) equating to a 1% sample (by area) of the Site. Where appropriate, trenches were positioned to target anomalies identified during an earlier geophysical survey. The evaluation has established that archaeological features comprising pits, gullies and ditches are present across the majority of the Site. Late Bronze Age occupation is attested by spreads of burnt flint deposits, indicative of activities associated with 'burnt mounds'. During the Romano-British and post-medieval periods, the main activity on the Site was of an agricultural nature, indicated by boundary ditches forming a succession of field systems and land divisions. Whilst burnt mounds are distributed relatively widely across the British Isles, they are less common in England with only two other sites recorded in Somerset prior to this discovery. Given the rarity of these deposits, this Site is of some importance to the region and specifically in the Ilminster area.
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Author:		 J Sulikowska
S Clelland
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Publisher:		 Wessex Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2008
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Parish: Ilminster
County: Somerset
Country: England
District: South Somerset
Grid Reference: 334706, 115021 (Easting, Northing)
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TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
BURNT MOUND (Monument Type England)
LATE BRONZE AGE BURNT MOUND (Tag)
PIT (Monument Type England)
LATE BRONZE AGE PIT (Tag)
AUGER SURVEY (Event)
GULLY (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN GULLY (Tag)
FIELD BOUNDARY (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL FIELD BOUNDARY (Tag)
PIT (Monument Type England)
20TH CENTURY PIT (Tag)
DITCH (Monument Type England)
LATE BRONZE AGE DITCH (Tag)
FIELD BOUNDARY (Monument Type England)
ROMAN FIELD BOUNDARY (Tag)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-319698
OBIB: 72011.03
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Created Date:		 30 Mar 2022