Leonard, C. (2022). Impens Solar Farm, North Petherton, Somerset: Archaeological Evaluation. Cirencester: Cotswold Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1107288. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Impens Solar Farm, North Petherton, Somerset: Archaeological Evaluation
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Series:		 Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1107288
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Abstract:		 The evaluation fieldwork comprised the excavation of 122 trenches (Fig. 2): • 68no 50m x 1.8m trenches; and • 54no 25m x 1.8 trenches The trenches were located to test geophysical anomalies and to provide a representative sample of the remainder of the site. In August 2022, Cotswold Archaeology carried out an archaeological evaluation at Impens Solar Farm, North Petherton, Somerset. A total of 122 trenches were excavated. The evaluation revealed dispersed pits and postholes of Middle Neolithic, Early to Middle Bronze Age and Iron Age date, indicating sporadic but widespread use of the landscape throughout the Prehistoric period. Roman activity was focused in the central area of the site and comprised a 1st to 2nd-century D-shaped enclosure that was replaced in the later 2nd or 3rd century by a ladder settlement with associated agricultural landscape, including square-shaped stock enclosures. There was evidence of some remodelling of the settlement in the 4th century. A further system of rectangular enclosures at the north of the site remained undated.
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Author:		 C Leonard
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Publisher:		 Cotswold Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2022
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Parish: North Petherton
County: Somerset
District: Sedgemoor
Country: England
Grid Reference: 330181, 132246 (Easting, Northing)
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D SHAPED ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
STOCK ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE PIT (Tag)
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE POST HOLE (Tag)
ROMAN D SHAPED ENCLOSURE (Tag)
ROMAN SETTLEMENT (Tag)
UNCERTAIN RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Tag)
MIDDLE NEOLITHIC PIT (Tag)
IRON AGE POST HOLE (Tag)
MIDDLE NEOLITHIC POST HOLE (Tag)
SETTLEMENT (Monument Type England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
MIDDLE NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)
PIT (Monument Type England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE PIT (Tag)
POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
ROMAN STOCK ENCLOSURE (Tag)
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IRON AGE PIT (Tag)
EARLY BRONZE AGE POST HOLE (Tag)
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OASIS Id: cotswold2-508325
Report id: CR1136_1
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Created Date:		 03 Jul 2023