Bonvoisin, P. and Morris, B. W. (2019). Land East of J21 of M5, Haybow, Banwell, Somerset Results of a Desk-Based Appraisal and Walkover Survey. South West Archaeology Ltd.. https://doi.org/10.5284/1100140. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land East of J21 of M5, Haybow, Banwell, Somerset Results of a Desk-Based Appraisal and Walkover Survey
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Series:		 South West Archaeology Ltd. unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 the results of an archaeological assessment carried out by South West Archaeology Ltd. for an area of land east of J21 on the M5, Haybow, Banwell, North Somerset, as part of a planning application for the site. The site consists of two fields covering c.6.5ha immediately to the east of the M5 and north-east of Junction 21. The site is located within the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Banwell, an estate first documented in the Will of Alfred in the late 9th century AD; it was subsequently held by the Bishop of Wells for most of the second millennium AD. The closest historic settlement is the former hamlet of St Georges (previously Puttingthorpe/Puttingworth); this may have been one of the sub-manors listed under Banwell in the Domesday Book. In c.1840 the fields belonged to Doubleton Farm, and the house there has medieval origins. The site lies within the North Somerset Level, an extensive former wetland that was reclaimed in the later Roman period, reverted to saltmarsh with backfen in the post-Roman period, and was reclaimed again in stages during the early medieval and medieval periods. At depth there are peat deposits of Neolithic date that provide palaeo-environmental information. Much of the Roman land surface is buried beneath 0.5-1.0m of estuarine alluvium but in the backfen areas the earthworks of Roman field boundaries and palaeo-channels are preserved. It remains unclear, but it appears likely, that there was settlement on the Level during the Roman period, as indicated by the finds of Roman pottery in the area. During the early medieval period the saltmarsh was reclaimed in stages, starting with large but isolated oval enclosures; one of these (wortis) lay just to the west of the proposed site. The fields contain the ploughed-down earthworks of former drainage features of medieval and later date.
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Author:		 P Bonvoisin
Bryn W Morris
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Publisher:		 South West Archaeology Ltd.
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Year of Publication:		 2019
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County: Somerset
District: North Somerset
Country: England
Parish: Banwell
Grid Reference: 338168, 163040 (Easting, Northing)
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DESK BASED ASSESSMENT (Event)
DESK BASED ASSESSMENT (Event)
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FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT) (Event)
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OASIS Id: southwes1-386943
OBIB: 191206
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Created Date:		 12 Oct 2022