Chiselbury Camp hillfort

Size: px
Start display at page:

Download "Chiselbury Camp hillfort"

Transcription

1 Chiselbury Camp hillfort Reasons for Designation Large univallate hillforts are defined as fortified enclosures of varying shape, ranging in size between 1ha and 10ha, located on hilltops and surrounded by a single boundary comprising earthworks of massive proportions. They date to the Iron Age period, most having been constructed and used between the fourth century BC and the first century AD, although evidence for earlier use is present at most sites. The size of the earthworks reflects the ability of certain social groups to mobilise the labour necessary for works on such a monumental scale, and their function may have had as much to do with display as defence. Large univallate hillforts are also seen as centres of redistribution, both for subsistence products and items produced by craftsmen. The ramparts are of massive proportions except in locations where steepness of slope precludes easy access. They can vary between 6m and 20m wide and may survive to a height of 6m. The ditches can measure between 6m and 13m wide and between 3m and 5m deep. Access to the interior is generally provided by one or two entrances which often take the form of long passages formed by inturned ramparts and originally closed by a gate located towards the inner end of the passageway. The entrance may be flanked by guardrooms and/or accompanied by outworks. Internal features included timber or stone round houses; large storage pits and hearths; scattered postholes, stakeholes and gullies; and square or rectangular buildings supported by four to six posts, often represented by postholes, and interpreted as raised granaries. Large univallate hillforts are rare with between 50 and 100 examples recorded nationally. Most are located within southern England where they occur on the chalklands of Wessex, Sussex and Kent. The western edge of the distribution is marked by scattered examples in north Somerset and east Devon, while further examples occur in central and western England and outliers further north. Within this distribution considerable regional variation is apparent, both in their size, rampart structure and the presence or absence of individual components. In view of the rarity of large univallate hillforts and their importance in understanding the organisation and regional structure of Iron Age society, all examples with surviving archaeological remains are believed to be of national importance. Cross dykes are substantial linear earthworks typically between 0.2km and 1km long and comprising one or more ditches arranged beside and parallel to one or more banks. They generally occur in upland situations, running across ridges and spurs. They are recognised as earthworks or as cropmarks on aerial photographs, or as combinations of both. The evidence of excavation and analogy with associated monuments demonstrates that their construction spans the millennium from the Middle Bronze Age, although they may have been reused later. Current information favours the view that they were used as territorial boundary markers, probably demarcating land allotment within communities, although they may also have been used as trackways, cattle droveways or defensive earthworks. Cross dykes are one of the few monument types which illustrate how land was divided up in the prehistoric period. They are of considerable importance for any analysis of settlement and land use in the later prehistoric period. Few have survived to the present day and hence all well preserved examples are considered to be of national importance. Turnpikes, roads kept up by contributions or tolls collected from users, began in 1663 and by 1800 there were some 1100 turnpike trusts controlling 23,000 miles of roads. However, during the 19th century turnpikes were eclipsed by canals and railways as the principal arterial routes, and the last trust was dissolved in Toll houses were constructed at points adjacent to the road which enjoyed good views in either direction, enabling the 1

2 tollkeeper to see traffic coming and open the gate adjoining the house, for which a fee was charged. In 1840 there were about 8000 toll houses in England, with many subsequently being adapted or reused as dwellings or commercial properties or their sites obscured by later development. The earthwork remains of the toll house adjacent to Chiselbury Camp, which appear to have remained undisturbed since their abandonment, therefore represent an unusually rare and complete survival. The hillfort, cross dykes and the remains of the site of the toll house all survive well as either substantial earthworks or buried features. The old land surface beneath the hillfort ramparts and the fills of both the hillfort ditch and the cross dykes will preserve environmental deposits relating to the landscape in which the monument was constructed and used. History Legacy Record This information may be included in the List Entry Details. Details The monument includes a large univallate hillfort known as Chiselbury Camp, two cross dykes and the earthwork remains of an adjacent toll house which are situated astride a prominent chalk ridge overlooking the Nadder valley to the north and the Ebble valley to the south. The hillfort is sub circular in plan, encloses an area of approximately 3.4ha and is defined by an earthen rampart up to 3.6m in height and an external ditch which is a maximum of 1.6m in depth. A gap in the south eastern side of the rampart and a corresponding causeway across the ditch may represent the original entrance and are associated with a small `D' shaped embanked enclosure which was clearly visible on aerial photographs taken in the 1920s. Although the enclosure has subsequently been degraded by ploughing it is still apparent as a series of low earthworks. Limited archaeological investigation of the interior of the hillfort in the early 20th century failed to find any traces of occupation, although Iron Age pottery and a lead spindle whorl were found immediately outside it and two Roman coins, one of which dated to the reign of Emperor Constantine I, were said to have been found within the central area. An Iron Age sword and scabbard were also found on the nearby trackway which runs along the ridge top. The hillfort was abutted on both its northern and southern sides by embanked ditches or cross dykes. Their precise function is unknown but the manner in which they cut the ridge suggests that they were intended to prevent movement along it. The northern cross dyke, 90m in length, ran from the ditch of the hillfort across the top of the ridge before continuing part way down its northern slopes. Although visible in 1928, the section between the hillfort and the edge of the ridge has subsequently been infilled by ploughing but survives as a buried feature. The southern cross dyke, which survives as a discontinuous series of banks and ditches, sections of which are filled in but survive as buried features, was a total of 180m in length and ran SSE from the `D' shaped enclosure down the southern slope of the ridge into the base of a valley. An aerial photograph dated to 1928 clearly shows the southern cross dyke continuing as a buried feature beneath a trackway which runs along the ridge top, indicating that the trackway came into use after the cross dyke was constructed. An Anglo Saxon charter also mentions `the ridgeway' suggesting that the trackway was in use by at least the early medieval period. Referred to as the `Ten Mile Course' by Dr Stukeley in 1776, in the medieval and post medieval periods the trackway was the main route from Wilton to Shaftesbury. By the 18th century it had become a turnpike road and a map dated to 1773 depicts a toll house immediately south of it. The remains of this structure are visible today as a series of earthworks representing a building platform with a small enclosure 2

3 immediately to its east. All fences, gates, signboards and stiles are excluded from the scheduling, although the ground beneath them is included. Books and journals Colt Hoare, R, The Ancient History of Wiltshire: Volume I, (1812), 217,249 Sumner, H, The Ancient Earthworks of Cranborne Chase, (1913), 25 Fowler, P J, 'Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine' in Cross Dykes of the Ebble Nadder Ridge, (1964), Fowler, P J, 'Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine' in Cross Dykes of the Ebble Nadder Ridge, (1964), Other Crawford, O G S and Keiller, A, Wessex from the Air, (1928) 3

4 Heritage Category: List Entry No : Scheduling County: District: Wiltshire Parish: Fovant, Broad Chalke Each official record of a scheduled monument contains a map. New entries on the schedule from 1988 onwards include a digitally created map which forms part of the official record. For entries created in the years up to and including 1987 a hand-drawn map forms part of the official record. The map here has been translated from the official map and that process may have introduced inaccuracies. Copies of maps that form part of the official record can be obtained from Historic England. This map was delivered electronically and when printed may not be to scale and may be subject to distortions. All maps and grid references are for identification purposes only and must be read in conjunction with other information in the record. List Entry NGR: SU Modern Ordnance Survey mapping: Crown Copyright and database right All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number Map Scale: 1: Marine mapping: British Crown and SeaZone Solutions Ltd All rights reserved. Product licence number Print Date: 5 December 2016 Name: This is an A4 sized map and should be printed full size at A4 with no page scaling set. Chiselbury Camp hillfort, cross dykes and site of turnpike toll house HistoricEngland.org.uk

5 CHISELBURY FROM Colt Hoare, R, The Ancient History of Wiltshire: Volume I, (1812), It had a single vallium and ditch with an outwork and entrance to the south east. The area within the ramparts contains 10 acres and the height of the vallium is 11 feet 4

6 Sumner, H, The Ancient Earthworks of Cranborne Chase, (1913), 25 5

FOUNDATIONS OF ARCHAEOLOGY A WALK IN VERNDITCH CHASE

FOUNDATIONS OF ARCHAEOLOGY A WALK IN VERNDITCH CHASE FOUNDATIONS OF ARCHAEOLOGY A WALK IN VERNDITCH CHASE 1. A Tale of two Long Barrows Long barrows were constructed as earthen or drystone mounds with flanking ditches and acted as funerary monuments during

More information

4. Bronze Age Ballybrowney, County Cork Eamonn Cotter

4. Bronze Age Ballybrowney, County Cork Eamonn Cotter 4. Bronze Age Ballybrowney, County Cork Eamonn Cotter Illus. 1 Location map of the excavated features at Ballybrowney Lower (Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd, based on the Ordnance Survey Ireland

More information

The Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland. Hillfort survey notes for guidance

The Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland. Hillfort survey notes for guidance The Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland Hillfort survey notes for guidance The collection of surveys for the Atlas is now finished but you can use this form and the accompanying Notes for Guidance

More information

6 Results of NMP mapping

6 Results of NMP mapping 6 Results of NMP mapping 6.1 Overview of results In general terms the nature of archaeological evidence available from aerial photographs determines the types of site recorded as part of NMP. Usually these

More information

Following the initial soil strip archaeology is sprayed up prior to planning and excavation

Following the initial soil strip archaeology is sprayed up prior to planning and excavation Barton Quarry & Archaeology Over the past half century quarries have been increasingly highlighted as important sources of information for geologists, palaeontologists and archaeologists, both through

More information

Brenig Archaeology Trail

Brenig Archaeology Trail Walk Information: Maps: OS Explorer 264 Distance: 2.5 miles / 4 kilometres Duration: Allow 2.5 hours for the circular walk Difficulty: easy. Well-marked trail over fields. Start and finish: SH 98325741

More information

CARLUNGIE EARTH HOUSE

CARLUNGIE EARTH HOUSE Property in Care (PIC) ID: PIC015 Designations: Scheduled Monument (SM90059) Taken into State care: 1953 (Guardianship) Last reviewed: 2004 HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE CARLUNGIE

More information

Pen Cerrig-calch prehistoric cairns

Pen Cerrig-calch prehistoric cairns Walk Information: Maps: OS Explorer OL13 Distance: 8 miles / 13 kilometres Duration: Allow at least 6 hours for the circular walk Difficulty: medium. Some narrow paths, occasionally rough underfoot Start

More information

The Landscape Archaeology of Martin Down

The Landscape Archaeology of Martin Down The Landscape Archaeology of Martin Down Martin Down and the surrounding area contain a variety of well preserved archaeological remains, largely because the area has been unaffected by modern agriculture

More information

Cadbury Hill. YCCCART Yatton, Congresbury, Claverham & Cleeve Archaeological Research Team

Cadbury Hill. YCCCART Yatton, Congresbury, Claverham & Cleeve Archaeological Research Team YCCCART Yatton, Congresbury, Claverham & Cleeve Archaeological Research Team How old is it? Cadbury Hill The hill top of Cadbury-Congresbury has produced signs of activity in Neolithic and Bronze Age times

More information

Gorse Stacks, Bus Interchange Excavations Interim Note-01

Gorse Stacks, Bus Interchange Excavations Interim Note-01 Gorse Stacks, Bus Interchange Excavations 2015 Prepared for: Cheshire West & Chester Council Interim Note-01 1 Introduction & Summary Background Since c. 2000 investigations associated with redevelopment

More information

Cholesbury New House, Parrots Lane, Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire

Cholesbury New House, Parrots Lane, Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire Cholesbury New House, Parrots Lane, Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire An Archaeological Watching Brief For Mr Martin Wood by Sean Wallis Thames Valley Archaeological Services Ltd Site Code PLC 06/135 March 2007

More information

Wessex Archaeology. Little Stubbings, West Amesbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire. Archaeological Watching Brief. Ref:

Wessex Archaeology. Little Stubbings, West Amesbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire. Archaeological Watching Brief. Ref: Wessex Archaeology Little Stubbings, West Amesbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire Ref: 63280.02 March 2007 LITTLE STUBBINGS, WEST AMESBURY, NR SALISBURY, WILTSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL WATCHING BRIEF Prepared for: P

More information

ANTONINE WALL - BARHILL

ANTONINE WALL - BARHILL Property in Care (PIC)no: PIC168 Designations: Scheduled Monument (SM90008) Taken into State care: 1960 (Guardianship) Last reviewed: 2005 HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE ANTONINE

More information

Land off Birdie Way, Rush Green, Hertford, Hertfordshire

Land off Birdie Way, Rush Green, Hertford, Hertfordshire Land off Birdie Way, Rush Green, Hertford, Hertfordshire An Archaeological Evaluation for Bride Hall Development Limited by Sarah Coles Thames Valley Archaeological Services Site Code RGH00/ 01 January

More information

archeological site LOS MILLARES

archeological site LOS MILLARES archeological site LOS MILLARES Aerial view of the plain of Los Millares between the Rambla de Huéchar and the River Andarax The archaeological site of Los Millares is located in the township of Santa

More information

HILLFORT STUDY GROUP HILLFORTS IN DORSET A GUIDE TO THE SITES VISITED DURING THE INAUGURAL CONFERENCE AT DORCHESTER, DORSET APRIL 29 - MAY

HILLFORT STUDY GROUP HILLFORTS IN DORSET A GUIDE TO THE SITES VISITED DURING THE INAUGURAL CONFERENCE AT DORCHESTER, DORSET APRIL 29 - MAY HILLFORT STUDY GROUP HILLFORTS IN DORSET A GUIDE TO THE SITES VISITED DURING THE INAUGURAL CONFERENCE AT DORCHESTER, DORSET APRIL 29 - MAY 1 1966 Chalbury (after C. Warne Ancient Dorset, (1872), Plate

More information

Aylesbury Masonic Hall, Ripon Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

Aylesbury Masonic Hall, Ripon Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire Aylesbury Masonic Hall, Ripon Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire An Archaeological Recording Action for Wakefield Building Services by Andrew Mundin Thames Valley Archaeological Services Ltd Site Code

More information

Excavations in a Medieval Market Town: Mountsorrel, Leicestershire,

Excavations in a Medieval Market Town: Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, Excavations in a Medieval Market Town: Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, by John Lucas Mountsorrel is situated 12 kms north of Leicester and forms a linear settlement straddling the A6, Leicester to Derby road.

More information

Archaeological Investigations Project South East Region SOUTHAMPTON 2/842 (C.80.C004) SU

Archaeological Investigations Project South East Region SOUTHAMPTON 2/842 (C.80.C004) SU SOUTHAMPTON City of Southampton 2/842 (C.80.C004) SU 4382 1336 125 BITTERNE ROAD WEST, SOUTHAMPTON Report on the Archaeological Evaluation Excavation at 125 Bitterne Road West, Southampton Russel, A. D

More information

Unlocking Our Coastal Heritage Project: Crane Castle Promontory Fort, Illogan, Cornwall

Unlocking Our Coastal Heritage Project: Crane Castle Promontory Fort, Illogan, Cornwall Unlocking Our Coastal Heritage Project: Crane Castle Promontory Fort, Illogan, Cornwall As part of a wider project funded by the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) and administered through

More information

The Archaeology of Cheltenham

The Archaeology of Cheltenham The Archaeology of Cheltenham The archaeology collection of The Wilson contains a rich quantity of material relating to the prehistoric and Roman occupation of the North Cotswolds and parts of the Severn

More information

DEFENCE AREA 73 FRESHWATER BAY

DEFENCE AREA 73 FRESHWATER BAY DEFENCE AREA 73 FRESHWATER BAY 1. Area details: The defence area is 3½ miles from The Needles and 10 miles W of Newport. County: Isle of Wight. Parish: Freshwater. NGR: centre of area, SZ 346860. 1.1 Area

More information

THE HEUGH LINDISFARNE

THE HEUGH LINDISFARNE LINDISFARNE COMMUNITY ARCHAEOLOGY THE HEUGH LINDISFARNE Archaeological excavations in June 2017 Invitation to volunteers THE HEUGH, LINDISFARNE, NORTHUMBERLAND: ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS 2017 INTRODUCTION

More information

U3A WALK Harby Hose. Route Summary. Route Overview. Description. Waypoints. Harby. Stuart Galloway

U3A WALK Harby Hose. Route Summary. Route Overview. Description. Waypoints. Harby. Stuart Galloway U3A WALK Harby Hose Stuart Galloway Route Summary A circular walk taking in Harby, Hose and the Grantham Canal. Route Overview Category: Walking Length: 7.310 km / 4.57 mi Parking: Village Hall School

More information

Gors Lydan barrows and medieval huts

Gors Lydan barrows and medieval huts Walk Information: Maps: OS Explorer 214 Distance: 5.5 miles / 9 kilometres Duration: 4.5 to 5 hours Difficulty: Easy. Good paths and no steep gradients Start and finish: SO 11977545 Walk summary The walk

More information

Holyport Manor Special School, Highfield Lane, Cox Green, Maidenhead, Berkshire

Holyport Manor Special School, Highfield Lane, Cox Green, Maidenhead, Berkshire Holyport Manor Special School, Highfield Lane, Cox Green, Maidenhead, Berkshire An Archaeological recording action For CgMs Consulting by Jennifer Lowe Thames Valley Archaeological Services Ltd Site Code

More information

The Roman Rural Settlement Project

The Roman Rural Settlement Project The Roman Rural Settlement Project Preliminary results from the East Midlands Dr Tom Brindle Crown Copyright/database right 2013. The East Midlands dataset 544 records of LIA/Roman sites 15% of Jeremy

More information

An archaeological excavation and watching brief at the Musket Club, Homefield Road, Colchester, Essex December 2004-February 2005

An archaeological excavation and watching brief at the Musket Club, Homefield Road, Colchester, Essex December 2004-February 2005 An archaeological excavation and watching brief at the Musket Club, Homefield Road, Colchester, Essex December 2004-February 2005 report prepared by Howard Brooks on behalf of RMPA and the MoD CAT project

More information

3 Archaeological Landscapes

3 Archaeological Landscapes 3 Archaeological Landscapes Pg 9-26 3. Archaeological Landscapes 1.Tiduff/Glenderry (Kerry Head) Promontory Forts, Hillfort/Hilltop Enclosure, Linear Earthwork (Red Ditch). The monuments located in this

More information

PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AROUND OLDPORT FARM, WHITTINGTON ROAD, OSWESTRY HERITAGE STATEMENT

PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AROUND OLDPORT FARM, WHITTINGTON ROAD, OSWESTRY HERITAGE STATEMENT PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AROUND OLDPORT FARM, WHITTINGTON ROAD, OSWESTRY HERITAGE STATEMENT Produced by the Old Oswestry Hillfort Campaign Group December 2013 PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AROUND OSWESTERY HILL ENCLOSURE

More information

Remote Sensing into the Study of Ancient Beiting City in North-Western China

Remote Sensing into the Study of Ancient Beiting City in North-Western China Dingwall, L., S. Exon, V. Gaffney, S. Laflin and M. van Leusen (eds.) 1999. Archaeology in the Age of the Internet. CAA97. Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology. Proceedings of

More information

CASTLE OF OLD WICK HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE. Property in Care(PIC) ID: PIC282 Designations:

CASTLE OF OLD WICK HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE. Property in Care(PIC) ID: PIC282 Designations: Property in Care(PIC) ID: PIC282 Designations: Scheduled Monument (SM90065) Taken into State care: 1957 (Guardianship) Last reviewed: 2004 HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE CASTLE

More information

Trail Summary. Defending Hope. Three Forts Time Travellers Trail (Hope Valley)

Trail Summary. Defending Hope. Three Forts Time Travellers Trail (Hope Valley) 6hr Jump on a bus to explore the sites of three former defensive outposts in the Hope Valley. Navio Roman Fort has level access, whilst Mam Tor and Peveril Castle require a steep climb (hence there defensive

More information

A SURVEY OF DEFENDED ENCLOSURES IN CEREDIGION, 2006: GAZETTEER OF ORDNANCE SURVEY GRID SQUARES SN45 AND SN46

A SURVEY OF DEFENDED ENCLOSURES IN CEREDIGION, 2006: GAZETTEER OF ORDNANCE SURVEY GRID SQUARES SN45 AND SN46 A SURVEY OF DEFENDED ENCLOSURES IN CEREDIGION, 2006: GAZETTEER OF ORDNANCE SURVEY GRID SQUARES SN45 AND SN46 Paratowyd gan Archaeoleg Cambria Ar gyfer Cadw Prepared by Cambria Archaeology ARCHAEOLEG CAMBRIA

More information

Looking north from the SW shieling site with Lub na Luachrach in the foreground

Looking north from the SW shieling site with Lub na Luachrach in the foreground Looking north from the SW shieling site with Lub na Luachrach in the foreground Upper Gleann Goibhre - Shieling sites Two shieling sites in the upper reaches of the Allt Goibhre were visited and recorded

More information

Archaeological Investigations Project Yorkshire & Humberside Region NORTH YORKSHIRE 2/1113 (C.36.J002) SD

Archaeological Investigations Project Yorkshire & Humberside Region NORTH YORKSHIRE 2/1113 (C.36.J002) SD NORTH YORKSHIRE Craven 2/1113 (C.36.J002) SD 93607800 CRAY BECK, BUCKDEN, UPPER WHARFEDALE Cray Beck, The Archaeological Investigation of a Stone Feature Archetype Wensleydale : ArcheType Archaeological

More information

CASTLELAW HILL FORT HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE. Property in Care (PIC) ID: PIC131

CASTLELAW HILL FORT HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE. Property in Care (PIC) ID: PIC131 Property in Care (PIC) ID: PIC131 Designations: Scheduled Monument (SM90064) Taken into State care: 1933 (Guardianship) Last reviewed: 2012 HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE CASTLELAW

More information

Please see our website for up to date contact information, and further advice.

Please see our website for up to date contact information, and further advice. Saxon Shore Forts On 1st April 2015 the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England changed its common name from English Heritage to Historic England. We are now re-branding all our documents.

More information

Report on an archaeological watching brief at Thomas Lord Audley School, Monkwick, Colchester

Report on an archaeological watching brief at Thomas Lord Audley School, Monkwick, Colchester Report on an archaeological watching brief at Thomas Lord Audley School, Monkwick, Colchester July 2000 for WS Atkins Property Services Colchester Archaeological Trust 12 Lexden Road, Colchester, Essex

More information

An archaeological evaluation at 14 Vineyard Street, Colchester, Essex March 2006

An archaeological evaluation at 14 Vineyard Street, Colchester, Essex March 2006 An archaeological evaluation at 14 Vineyard Street, Colchester, Essex March 2006 report prepared by Ben Holloway commissioned by Colchester Borough Council CAT project code: 06/4b Colchester Museums accession

More information

Henderson Mess, RAF Halton, Buckinghamshire

Henderson Mess, RAF Halton, Buckinghamshire Henderson Mess, RAF Halton, Buckinghamshire An archaeological watching brief for Stepnell Ltd by Stephen Hammond Thames Valley Archaeological Services Ltd Site Code RHA03/85 October 2003 Summary Site name:

More information

Archaeological Watching Brief at the Brick Stables and Wagon Lodge, Abbey Barns, Abbey Road, Faversham, Kent September 2010

Archaeological Watching Brief at the Brick Stables and Wagon Lodge, Abbey Barns, Abbey Road, Faversham, Kent September 2010 Archaeological Watching Brief at the Brick Stables and Wagon Lodge, Abbey Barns, Abbey Road, Faversham, Kent September 2010 SWAT. Archaeology Swale and Thames Archaeological Survey Company School Farm

More information

CHESHIRE HISTORIC TOWNS SURVEY

CHESHIRE HISTORIC TOWNS SURVEY CHESHIRE HISTORIC TOWNS SURVEY Eddisbury Archaeological Assessment 2003 CHESHIRE HISTORIC TOWNS SURVEY Eddisbury Archaeological Assessment 2003 Environmental Planning Cheshire County Council Backford Hall

More information

Wheatlands House, Fleet Hill, Finchampstead, Berkshire

Wheatlands House, Fleet Hill, Finchampstead, Berkshire Wheatlands House, Fleet Hill, Finchampstead, Berkshire An Archaeological Watching Brief For JCA International by James McNicoll-Norbury Thames Valley Archaeological Services Ltd Site Code WFF 08/26 August

More information

An Analytical Earthwork Survey of the Hillfort at Fin Cop, Derbyshire

An Analytical Earthwork Survey of the Hillfort at Fin Cop, Derbyshire An Analytical Earthwork Survey of the Hillfort at Fin Cop, Derbyshire Aerial photograph of the scarp edge Hillfort at Fin Cop viewed from the north-west. ( English Heritage) ARS Ltd Report No. ARS/34 May

More information

Castle Wood Hill Fort (Cenwealh s Camp)

Castle Wood Hill Fort (Cenwealh s Camp) Castle Wood Hill Fort (Cenwealh s Camp) Over the centuries Pen Ridge in modern day Pen Selwood, has had many different generations and cultures inhabitant its boundaries. In attempting to tell its story

More information

HILL-FORTS OF THE INNER TAY ESTUARY PERTH. Phase One PERTH AND KINROSS. Archaeological Survey Report. Oxford Archaeology North.

HILL-FORTS OF THE INNER TAY ESTUARY PERTH. Phase One PERTH AND KINROSS. Archaeological Survey Report. Oxford Archaeology North. HILL-FORTS OF THE INNER TAY ESTUARY PERTH PERTH AND KINROSS Phase One Archaeological Survey Report Oxford Archaeology North September 2012 Issue No: 2012-13/11322 OAN Job No: L10492a NGR: NO 182 153, NO

More information

Long Cairn Divis County Antrim

Long Cairn Divis County Antrim Survey Report No. 66 Harry Welsh Long Cairn Divis County Antrim 2 Ulster Archaeological Society 2018 Ulster Archaeological Society c/o School of Natural and Built Environment Queen s University Belfast

More information

DEFENCE AREA 35 FREISTON SHORE

DEFENCE AREA 35 FREISTON SHORE DEFENCE AREA 35 FREISTON SHORE 1. Area details: Freiston Shore is 2 miles E of Freiston village and 5 miles E of Boston. County: Lincolnshire. Parish: Freiston. NGR: centre of area, TF 397424. 1.1 Area

More information

BRONZE AGE FIELD SYSTEM AT SOUTHAMPTON AIRPORT

BRONZE AGE FIELD SYSTEM AT SOUTHAMPTON AIRPORT Proc. Hampshire Field Club Archaeol. Soc. 65, 2010, 1-6 (Hampshire Studies 2010) BRONZE AGE FIELD SYSTEM AT SOUTHAMPTON AIRPORT By J SULIKOWSKA With contributions by LORRAINE MEPHAM and CHRIS J STEVENS

More information

2 The Monuments and Their Setting by Mark Corney and Andrew Payne

2 The Monuments and Their Setting by Mark Corney and Andrew Payne 2 The Monuments and Their Setting by Mark Corney and Andrew Payne The sites examined provide a representative regional sample of those sites traditionally classified as hillforts in the Wessex region.

More information

Clarendon Palace, Wiltshire: archaeology and history (notes for visitors, prepared by the Royal Archaeological Institute, 2017)

Clarendon Palace, Wiltshire: archaeology and history (notes for visitors, prepared by the Royal Archaeological Institute, 2017) Clarendon Palace, Wiltshire: archaeology and history (notes for visitors, prepared by the Royal Archaeological Institute, 2017) Clarendon Palace was probably the most spacious royal residence in England

More information

New Studies in the City of David The Excavations

New Studies in the City of David The Excavations The 2013-2014 Excavations Israel Antiquities Authority The intensive archaeological work on the city of David hill during the period covered in this article has continued in previously excavated areas

More information

South West Region GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1/405 (B.23.H005) SU

South West Region GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1/405 (B.23.H005) SU GLOUCESTERSHIRE Cotswold 1/405 (B.23.H005) SU 16559880 COTSWOLD EASTERN SPINE ROAD STAGE 4 Cotswold Eastern Spine Road Stage 4 and Horcott Road. Watkins, K Gloucester : Gloucestershire County Council Archaeology

More information

Trench 91 revealed that the cobbled court extends further to the north.

Trench 91 revealed that the cobbled court extends further to the north. Report on the 2013 Gournia Excavations The 2013 excavations at Gournia were conducted June 17 July 26 under the aegis of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and the supervision of the KD

More information

S E R V I C E S. Land to the rear of Ashdown, Basingstoke Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, Berkshire. Archaeological Evaluation.

S E R V I C E S. Land to the rear of Ashdown, Basingstoke Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, Berkshire. Archaeological Evaluation. T H A M E S V A L L E Y ARCHAEOLOGICAL S E R V I C E S Land to the rear of Ashdown, Basingstoke Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, Berkshire Archaeological Evaluation by Susan Porter Site Code: ASW12/21 (SU

More information

DEFENCE AREA 48 CANEWDON

DEFENCE AREA 48 CANEWDON DEFENCE AREA 48 CANEWDON 1. Area details: Canewdon is 8 miles N of Southend-on-Sea, 1 mile S of the River Crouch. County: Essex. Parish: Canewdon. NGR: centre of area, TQ 905945. 1.1 Area Description:

More information

Lordenshaw. What are cup & ring marks?

Lordenshaw. What are cup & ring marks? Lordenshaw Lordenshaw hill has one of the largest clusters of ancient cup and ring marked stones in the UK. We ve chosen four interesting spots we d like to share with you. What are cup & ring marks? The

More information

ARCHAEOLOGICAL S E R V I C E S. Phase 5, Grimsby Road, Cippenham, Slough, Berkshire. Archaeological Recording Action.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL S E R V I C E S. Phase 5, Grimsby Road, Cippenham, Slough, Berkshire. Archaeological Recording Action. T H A M E S V A L L E Y ARCHAEOLOGICAL S E R V I C E S Phase 5, Grimsby Road, Cippenham, Slough, Berkshire Archaeological Recording Action by Andy Taylor Site Code: GRC13/57 (SU 9493 7977) Phase 5, Eltham

More information

PONTOP SMITHY DIPTON, COUNTY DURHAM

PONTOP SMITHY DIPTON, COUNTY DURHAM PONTOP SMITHY DIPTON, COUNTY DURHAM ~ ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION ~ OCTOBER 2016 Prepared for: Land of Oak & Iron Landscape Partnership By: The Archaeological Practice Ltd. Project code: AP 16/43 Stage:

More information

DEFENCE AREA 53 ATWICK

DEFENCE AREA 53 ATWICK DEFENCE AREA 53 ATWICK 1. Area details: Atwick is 2 miles N of Hornsea, with Beverley 12 miles to the SW. County: East Riding of Yorkshire. Parish: Atwick NGR: centre of area, TA 196510. 1.1 Area Description:

More information

Visual and Sensory Aspect

Visual and Sensory Aspect Updated All Wales LANDMAP Statistics 2017 Visual and Sensory Aspect Final Report for Natural Resources Wales February 2018 Tel: 029 2043 7841 Email: sw@whiteconsultants.co.uk Web: www.whiteconsultants.co.uk

More information

An archaeological excavation at 193 High Street, Kelvedon, Essex September 2009

An archaeological excavation at 193 High Street, Kelvedon, Essex September 2009 An archaeological excavation at 193 High Street, Kelvedon, Essex September 2009 report prepared by Ben Holloway and Howard Brooks on behalf of Marden Homes CAT project ref.: 09/4g NGR: TL 8631 1913 (c)

More information

SUFFOLK 2/415 (C ) TM

SUFFOLK 2/415 (C ) TM SUFFOLK Babergh 2/415 (C.42.6001) TM 03254360 LADY LANE, INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, HADLEIGH Lady Lane Industrial Estate, Hadleigh. A Report on an Archaeological Evaluation (2000/66) Meredith, J Ipswich : Suffolk

More information

ARDESTIE EARTH HOUSE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE. Property in Care no: 24

ARDESTIE EARTH HOUSE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE. Property in Care no: 24 Property in Care no: 24 Designations: Scheduled Monument (SM90021) Taken into State care: 1953 (Guardianship) Last reviewed: 2004 HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE ARDESTIE EARTH

More information

Eglwyseg Mountain a landscape of prehistoric cairns and later industry

Eglwyseg Mountain a landscape of prehistoric cairns and later industry Eglwyseg Mountain a landscape of prehistoric cairns and later industry Walk Information: Maps: OS Explorer 256 Distance: 5.3 miles / 8.5 kilometres (linear) or up to 9.6 miles / 15.5 kilometres (circular)

More information

Downton, Wiltshire: archaeology and history (notes for visitors prepared by the Royal Archaeological Institute, 2017)

Downton, Wiltshire: archaeology and history (notes for visitors prepared by the Royal Archaeological Institute, 2017) Downton, Wiltshire: archaeology and history (notes for visitors prepared by the Royal Archaeological Institute, 2017) The River Avon leaves Wiltshire in Downton, a large parish that includes parts of the

More information

A SURVEY OF DEFENDED ENCLOSURES IN CEREDIGION, 2006: GAZETTEER OF ORDNANCE SURVEY GRID SQUARE SN35

A SURVEY OF DEFENDED ENCLOSURES IN CEREDIGION, 2006: GAZETTEER OF ORDNANCE SURVEY GRID SQUARE SN35 A SURVEY OF DEFENDED ENCLOSURES IN CEREDIGION, 2006: GAZETTEER OF ORDNANCE SURVEY GRID SQUARE SN35 Paratowyd gan Archaeoleg Cambria Ar gyfer Cadw Prepared by Cambria Archaeology ARCHAEOLEG CAMBRIA ARCHAEOLOGY

More information

Reservoir Tin workings

Reservoir Tin workings The workings are quite over-grown and covered in moss, suggesting that they date to the earliest period of mining. This is supported by the fact that their head race was cut off by the reservoir (D49/47)

More information

TH E FIRST SEASON of investigations at the

TH E FIRST SEASON of investigations at the QUSEIR AL-QADIM Janet H. Johnson & Donald Whitcomb TH E FIRST SEASON of investigations at the ancient port of Quseir al-qadim on the Red Sea in Egypt took place in winter, 1978; the investigations were

More information

Appendices A (Our ambition for nature (A3 plan) and further information)

Appendices A (Our ambition for nature (A3 plan) and further information) Appendices A (Our ambition for nature (A3 plan) and further information) Penny Hill Farm Nature Conservation vision Key: Tenancy boundary Meadow restoration & Mowing/meadow F33 Mowing/meadow Progress towards

More information

BLACK DOWN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND INVESTIGATION SOUTH DORSET RIDGEWAY LANDSCAPE PARTNERSHIP Draft project report.

BLACK DOWN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND INVESTIGATION SOUTH DORSET RIDGEWAY LANDSCAPE PARTNERSHIP Draft project report. BLACK DOWN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND INVESTIGATION SOUTH DORSET RIDGEWAY LANDSCAPE PARTNERSHIP Draft project report By Hazel Riley BLACK DOWN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND INVESTIGATION SOUTH DORSET RIDGEWAY

More information

Neale Wade Community. College, March Cambridgeshire. Desktop Assessment. Client: Cambridgeshire County Council. March 2009

Neale Wade Community. College, March Cambridgeshire. Desktop Assessment. Client: Cambridgeshire County Council. March 2009 Neale Wade Community Desktop Assessment Desktop Assessment College, March Cambridgeshire March 2009 Client: Cambridgeshire County Council OA East Report No: 1095 OASIS No: Oxfordar3-56453 NGR: TL 417 952

More information

I I I I LINDEN TO WOOD FORD SURVEY ITEMS OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE I I I I I I I I I I I I I

I I I I LINDEN TO WOOD FORD SURVEY ITEMS OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE I I I I I I I I I I I I I LNDEN TO WOOD FORD SURVEY TEMS OF HSTORCAL SGNFCANCE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- - CONTENTS OF THE REPORT 1.0 ntroduction to the Report 1.1 Parameters

More information

South West DORSET 3/1305 (E ) SY

South West DORSET 3/1305 (E ) SY DORSET East Dorset 3/1305 (E.19.6510) SY 93008000 COGDEAN ELMS, CORFE MULLEN Archaeological Watching Brief at Cogdean Elms, Corfe Mullen, Dorset (Doc.no.00.28) Manning, P T Exeter : Exeter Archaeology,

More information

Walk 1: Highfield, Lob Wood and The River Wharfe

Walk 1: Highfield, Lob Wood and The River Wharfe Walk 1: Highfield, Lob Wood and The River Wharfe Start: The Hen Pen Garden, Main Street, Addingham LS29 0NS, SE 077 498. Alternative Start: Near Bolton Bridge SE 071 525 (see page 6). Full walk: 4.5 miles

More information

Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust Historic Settlement Survey - Montgomeryshire

Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust Historic Settlement Survey - Montgomeryshire Montgomery SO 0223 9652 15740 Introduction The town of Montgomery is approximately equidistant from two of the major towns of mid- Wales, Newtown and Welshpool, the former lying about 10km to the west-south-west,

More information

The Old Shire Horse Centre, Bath Road, Woolley Green, Maidenhead, Berkshire

The Old Shire Horse Centre, Bath Road, Woolley Green, Maidenhead, Berkshire The Old Shire Horse Centre, Bath Road, Woolley Green, Maidenhead, Berkshire An Archaeological Watching Brief For Mr Derek Chesterman by Andrew Mundin Thames Valley Archaeological Services Ltd Site Code

More information

An Assessment of Lower Boddington

An Assessment of Lower Boddington W An Assessment of Lower Boddington Design and Conservation Team Reviewed Winter 2017 Contents Introduction... 2 Origins and Archaeology... 3 Historic Development... 3 Plan Form... 3 Space and relationship

More information

Manor Farm, Wilcot, Pewsey, Wiltshire

Manor Farm, Wilcot, Pewsey, Wiltshire Manor Farm, Wilcot, Pewsey, Wiltshire An Archaeological Evaluation for Mr W. Madiment by Helen Moore Thames Valley Archaeological Services Ltd Site Code MFP02/78 September 2002 Summary Site name: Manor

More information

RAILWAY BOUNDARY MARKERS IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE. John Putley

RAILWAY BOUNDARY MARKERS IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE. John Putley Reprinted from: Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology Journal for 2005 pages 52-56 RAILWAY BOUNDARY MARKERS IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE John Putley Recently the author became aware of some railway

More information

E&M West Buildings Union Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1GD

E&M West Buildings Union Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1GD E&M West Buildings 32-38 Union Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1GD 30 November 2011 E&M West Buildings 32-38 Union Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1GD CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 3 2 ARCHAEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND 4 3 THE WATCHING

More information

FIELD BOUNDARIES, A MEDIEVAL STRUCTURE AND DEAD SHEEP AT IWADE, KENT

FIELD BOUNDARIES, A MEDIEVAL STRUCTURE AND DEAD SHEEP AT IWADE, KENT FIELD BOUNDARIES, A MEDIEVAL STRUCTURE AND DEAD SHEEP AT IWADE, KENT Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited Unit 54, Brockley Cross Business Centre, 96 Endwell Road, Brockley, London SE4 2PD tel: 020 7732 3925

More information

29 Plas Derwen. Exploring Abergavenny

29 Plas Derwen. Exploring Abergavenny 29 Plas Derwen Exploring Abergavenny Cover: rhythm 2 plas derwen EXPLORING ABERGAVENNY For several years the Abergavenny and District Civic Society has been studying the streets, spaces and buildings of

More information

Historic England (Designation) Consultation Report 14 December 2017

Historic England (Designation) Consultation Report 14 December 2017 Case Name: North Trans-Pennine Phase 2: Footbridge MVL3/8 Case Number: 1449762 Background Historic England has been asked to assess this structure for listing in connection with the proposed upgrade of

More information

Saxon Shore Forts. Introductions to Heritage Assets

Saxon Shore Forts. Introductions to Heritage Assets Saxon Shore Forts Introductions to Heritage Assets Summary Historic England s Introductions to Heritage Assets (IHAs) are accessible, authoritative, illustrated summaries of what we know about specific

More information

ANTONINE WALL - DULLATUR

ANTONINE WALL - DULLATUR Property in Care (PIC) ID: PIC172 Designations: Scheduled Monument (SM90017); Taken into State care: 1960 (Guardianship) Last reviewed: 2018 HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE ANTONINE

More information

Excavations South-East of Park Farm, Ashford, Kent. Part 1: Main Report

Excavations South-East of Park Farm, Ashford, Kent. Part 1: Main Report Excavations South-East of Park Farm, Ashford, Kent Part 1: Main Report Wessex Archaeology, Portway House, Old Sarum Park, Salisbury SP4 6EB tel: 01722 326867 fax: 01722 337562 email: info@wessexarch.co.uk

More information

An archaeological watching brief on a new cable trench at the Abbey Field sports pitches, Circular Road North, Colchester, Essex October 2006

An archaeological watching brief on a new cable trench at the Abbey Field sports pitches, Circular Road North, Colchester, Essex October 2006 An archaeological watching brief on a new cable trench at the Abbey Field sports pitches, Circular Road North, Colchester, Essex report prepared by Ben Holloway on behalf of Atkins Defence CAT project

More information

Grinton Mound East and Cogden Hall Swaledale North Yorkshire

Grinton Mound East and Cogden Hall Swaledale North Yorkshire on behalf of Swaledale and Arkengarthdale Archaeology Group Grinton Mound East and Cogden Hall Swaledale North Yorkshire geophysical surveys report 2814 February 2012 Contents 1. Summary 1 2. Project background

More information

The Coach House, Mill Lane, Cookham, Berkshire

The Coach House, Mill Lane, Cookham, Berkshire The Coach House, Mill Lane, Cookham, Berkshire An Archaeological Watching Brief For Ms Sophia Butler by Stephen Hammond Thames Valley Archaeological Services Ltd Site Code CMC 03/104 October 2003 Summary

More information

Bootham Bar, York City Walls. (John Oxley FSA, City Archaeologist)

Bootham Bar, York City Walls. (John Oxley FSA, City Archaeologist) W a l l e d C i t i e s & O p e n S o c i e t i e s : M a n a g i n g H i s t o r i c W a l l s i n U r b a n W o r l d H e r i t a g e P r o p e r t i e s Siena, Italy. 26-27 January 2017 Bootham Bar,

More information

Woodland Walk If you enjoyed this walk there are two others available in the same area.

Woodland Walk If you enjoyed this walk there are two others available in the same area. The Woodland Walk 11-12 kilometres (7-8 miles) 4-5 hours Terrain: some easy hills Can be slippery when wet 5 stiles Unsuitable for a pushchair/wheelchair Uses OS map 197 Parking: Pulborough Station and

More information

Survey of Littleton Down

Survey of Littleton Down Survey of Littleton Down 05 November 2014 The Team: John and Jenny Barnard 1) Introduction Littleton Down (Hill Number 2911, Section 42, OS 1:50000 Map 197, OS 1:25000 Map 121, Grid Ref. SU941150) is listed

More information

Channel Islands Occupation Society

Channel Islands Occupation Society INTRODUCTION The subject of the Conservation Statement is Kempt Tower, built in 1834 in St Ouen s Bay, Jersey. The primary purpose of the statement is to draw together existing information, to set down

More information

Scheduled Monument (SM90085) Taken into State care: 1966 (Guardianship) Last reviewed: 2004 CROOKSTON CASTLE

Scheduled Monument (SM90085) Taken into State care: 1966 (Guardianship) Last reviewed: 2004 CROOKSTON CASTLE Property in Care (PIC) ID: PIC119 Designations: Scheduled Monument (SM90085) Taken into State care: 1966 (Guardianship) Last reviewed: 2004 HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE CROOKSTON

More information

Northamptonshire Archaeology

Northamptonshire Archaeology Northamptonshire Archaeology A programme of archaeological observation, investigation and recording at St Andrews Church, Spratton, Northamptonshire Northamptonshire Archaeology 2 Bolton House Wootton

More information

S E R V I C E S. Land at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Huntercombe Lane South, Taplow, Berkshire. An archaeological recording action.

S E R V I C E S. Land at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Huntercombe Lane South, Taplow, Berkshire. An archaeological recording action. T H A M E S V A L L E Y ARCHAEOLOGICAL S E R V I C E S Land at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Huntercombe Lane South, Taplow, Berkshire An archaeological recording action By Daniel Bray WLS12/150 (SU 9339 8088)

More information

Devizes, Wiltshire: archaeology and history (notes for visitors, prepared by the Royal Archaeological Institute, 2017)

Devizes, Wiltshire: archaeology and history (notes for visitors, prepared by the Royal Archaeological Institute, 2017) Devizes, Wiltshire: archaeology and history (notes for visitors, prepared by the Royal Archaeological Institute, 2017) Devizes is located on an outcrop of upper greensand that edges the chalk plain and

More information