Title: |
Faringdon to Blunsdon Pipeline, Phase 3, Magnetometer Survey Report |
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Archaeological Surveys Ltd unpublished report series
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
A geophysical survey, comprising detailed magnetometry, was carried out by Archaeological Surveys Ltd along a new section of a water main route near Coleshill in Oxfordshire. The survey was requested as an addition to three areas previously surveyed during the initial scoping for the location of a new water main between Faringdon and Blunsdon. The original survey located evidence for prehistoric settlement laid out as two linear groups within a single field to the south of Gorse Hill on the Buscot estate. The results of the current survey indicate a continuation of the prehistoric settlement southwards for another 100m. The features include a number of ring ditches, relating to probable Iron Age round houses, as well as a number of small square enclosures and conjoined sub-circular enclosures. A number of discrete positive responses have also been located, which could relate to pits or areas of burning along with a group that appear to form a circle and could relate to former post-holes. A fragmented linear anomaly may form a south western boundary to the features, but no clear boundary feature can be seen in the south east or east. |
Author: |
D Sabin
Kerry Donaldson
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Publisher: |
Archaeological Surveys Ltd
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Year of Publication: |
2021
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Locations: |
District: |
Vale of White Horse |
Country: |
England |
County: |
Oxfordshire |
Parish: |
Coleshill |
Grid Reference: 424284, 195364 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
PIT
(Monument Type England)
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LATER PREHISTORIC PIT
(Tag)
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RING DITCH
(Monument Type England)
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LATER PREHISTORIC RING DITCH
(Tag)
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DITCH
(Monument Type England)
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LATER PREHISTORIC DITCH
(Tag)
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ENCLOSURE
(Monument Type England)
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LATER PREHISTORIC ENCLOSURE
(Tag)
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GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY
(Event)
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LATER PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: |
archaeol20-433123 |
OBIB: |
Report ref J873 |
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Created Date: |
10 Mar 2023 |