Donaldson, K. and Sabin, D. (2021). Faringdon to Blunsdon Phase 2 New Water Main, Oxfordshire/Swindon, Updated Magnetometer Survey Report. N/A: Archaeological Surveys Ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1103896. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Faringdon to Blunsdon Phase 2 New Water Main, Oxfordshire/Swindon, Updated Magnetometer Survey Report
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Series:		 Archaeological Surveys Ltd unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Detailed magnetometry was carried out over 104ha within two sections of corridor outlined for a proposed new water main near Faringdon in Oxfordshire and Blunsdon in Swindon. Within the Faringdon section, a number of linear anomalies indicating ditch-like features with archaeological potential were located while further west, at least twenty previously unrecorded ring ditches have also been located. Within the Blunsdon section, near to Staplers Farm, the survey has located a total of seventeen circular enclosures belonging to a group monuments known as the Highworth Circles. Of these, six have been previously recorded along with three others to the north outside of the survey area. At least a further eleven previously unrecorded circles were located. Although the Highworth Circles exist generally as circular enclosures formed by a low, broad outer bank and shallow, broad internal ditch with a flat interior, the magnetic response indicates a positive curvilinear anomaly caused by enhanced soil mainly within the ditch fill with fragments of the outer bank evident on a small number of the circles. Also within the vicinity of Staplers Farm, the survey located anomalies relating to features that include ring ditches associated with former round houses, enclosures, trackways and structural remains. These indicate the presence of an Iron Age and Romano-British settlement that underlies the Highworth Circles. Elsewhere within the Blunsdon section, the survey has located evidence of former quarrying, which may be of some antiquity, and a number of discrete pit-like features, which could also be of archaeological significance.
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Author:		 Kerry Donaldson
D Sabin
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Publisher:		 Archaeological Surveys Ltd
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Year of Publication:		 2021
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District: Vale of White Horse
County: Wiltshire
Parish: Blunsdon
Country: England
County: Oxfordshire
Parish: Great Faringdon
District: Swindon
Grid Reference: 427679, 196606 (Easting, Northing)
Grid Reference: 414839, 190372 (Easting, Northing)
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BUILDING (Monument Type England)
ROMAN BUILDING (Tag)
ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
ROMAN ENCLOSURE (Tag)
ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN ENCLOSURE (Tag)
DITCH (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN DITCH (Tag)
RING DITCH (Monument Type England)
LATER PREHISTORIC RING DITCH (Tag)
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PIT (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN PIT (Tag)
DITCH (Monument Type England)
ROMAN DITCH (Tag)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: archaeol20-433117
OBIB: Report ref J815
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Created Date:		 10 Mar 2023