Bush, S. (2021). Lower Woodshaw, Royal Wootton Basset, Wiltshire: Archaeological Evaluation. Cotswold Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1100197. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Lower Woodshaw, Royal Wootton Basset, Wiltshire: Archaeological Evaluation
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Series:		 Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 The evaluation fieldwork comprised the excavation of 13no 30m x 1.8m trenches. The trenches were located to test geophysical anomalies and to provide a representative sample of the remainder of the site. In October 2021, Cotswold Archaeology carried out an archaeological evaluation of land at Lower Woodshaw, Royal Wootton Basset, Wiltshire. A total of 13 trenches were excavated within the site. The evaluation demonstrated that the entire site has been overburden stripped in the recent past. This stripping has removed all trace of the original topsoil and subsoil layers, with the possible exception of a small patch of remnant topsoil in Trench 8. The depth of the strip is uncertain and it is unclear how heavily the natural substrate was truncated. It is likely, however, that the stripping process will have had a negative impact on the preservation of any archaeological remains at the site. Post-stripping, the ground level was made up with redeposited material containing frequent modern construction waste. The evaluation recorded a ditch and a pit in the northern part of the site, both of which contained relatively large amounts of artefacts dating to the 1st–2nd century AD. These artefacts were indicative of domestic waste, suggesting that the ditch and pit represent outlying features associated with a nearby settlement. The location of this settlement is uncertain, but there is no evidence that it lay within the present evaluation site.
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Author:		 S Bush
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Publisher:		 Cotswold Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2021
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County: Wiltshire
District: Wiltshire
Country: England
Parish: Royal Wootton Bassett
Grid Reference: 407731, 181812 (Easting, Northing)
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EVALUATION (Event)
DITCH (Monument Type England)
ROMAN DITCH (Tag)
PIT (Monument Type England)
ROMAN PIT (Tag)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: cotswold2-505549
Report id: AN0418_1
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Created Date:		 12 Oct 2022