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Land at Blandford Hill, Winterborne Whitechurch, Dorset: Archaeological Evaluation |
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Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
The evaluation fieldwork comprised the excavation of 45 trenches:
• 34no 50m x 1.8 trenches; and
• 11no 25m x 1.8m trenches.
The trenches were placed to test geophysical anomalies and to provide a
representative sample of the remainder of the site. Trenches 43-45 were added
during the evaluation, in addition to the 42 trenches outlined in the WSI. In September 2021, Cotswold Archaeology carried out an
archaeological evaluation of land at Blandford Hill, Winterborne
Whitechurch, Dorset. A total of 45 trenches were excavated.
The artefactual assemblage and dateable features suggest a late
prehistoric presence within the site, characterised by a likely Early
Bronze Age phase of funerary activity, possibly overlain by a phase
of Middle Bronze Age-Iron Age agricultural activity.
A separate phase of funerary activity, within close proximity to the
remains of a round barrow, is characterised by four proven
inhumations, with a further eight possibly uncovered. The limited
circumstantial evidence suggests an early medieval date for these.
Further burials may feasibly be present. |
Author: |
T Brown
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Publisher: |
Cotswold Archaeology
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Year of Publication: |
2021
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Locations: |
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Winterborne Whitechurch |
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Dorset |
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England |
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Dorset |
Grid Reference: 384474, 100249 (Easting, Northing)
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cotswold2-503791 |
Report id: |
AN0368_1 |
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This report was uploaded to the OASIS system by the named Publisher. The report has been transferred into the ADS Library for public access and to facilitate future research.
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09 Aug 2022 |