Excavations in the Burghfield Area, Berkshire: Developments in the Bronze Age and Saxon Landscapes
C A. Butterworth & S J Lobb
Description
Four sites excavated on the gravels of the River Kennet produced evidence for occupation, burial, and riverside activities from the Mesolithic-post-medieval periods.
At Field Farm, Mesolithic flintwork, a Neolithic hearth and pottery, and a series of Bronze Age ring-ditches associated with Deverel-Rimbury and Collared Urn cremation burials were recovered. In the 7th century AD the man ringditch became a focus for an inhumation cemetery. Deverel-Rimbury urns were also recovered from Shortheath Lane, Sulhampstead.
At Anslow's Cottages a Bronze Age landing-stage was followed by a series of Roman and Saxon stake- and post- built structures across and within a former river channel. A Saxon basketry fish or eel trap was also recovered together with detailed environmental sequences. Another Saxon timber was recorded at Theale Industrial Site.
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