Lynt Farm Upper Inglesham Wiltshire Archaeological Excavation And

Lynt Farm Upper Inglesham Wiltshire

Archaeological Excavation and Watching Brief

for Hive Energy Ltd

CA Project: 5146 CA Report: 15038

February 2015

Lynt Farm Upper Inglesham Wiltshire

Archaeological Excavation and Watching Brief

CA Project: 5146 CA Report: 15038

prepared by Jonathan Orellana, Project Supervisor

date 13 February 2015

checked by Simon Cox, Head of Fieldwork

date 24 February 2015

approved by Mark Collard, Head of Fieldwork

signed

date 26 February 2015

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CONTENTS

SUMMARY ...... 2

1. INTRODUCTION ...... 3

The site ...... 3 Archaeological background ...... 4 Archaeological objectives ...... 6 Methodology...... 7

2. RESULTS (FIGS 2-4) ...... 8

The finds evidence ...... 10

3. DISCUSSION ...... 12

4. CA PROJECT TEAM ...... 14

5. REFERENCES ...... 14

APPENDIX A: CONTEXT DESCRIPTIONS ...... 16 APPENDIX B: FINDS AND PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL CONCORDANCE ...... 19 APPENDIX C: OASIS REPORT FORM ...... 22

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Fig. 1 Site location plan (1:25,000) Fig. 2 Excavation areas and observed groundworks, showing previous evaluation trenches and geophysical survey greyscale plot (1:6000) Fig. 3 Area A: plan, sections and photographs (1:250 & 1:20) Fig. 4 Area B: plan, sections and photograph (1:250 & 1:20)

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SUMMARY

Project Name: Lynt Farm Location: Upper Inglesham, Wiltshire NGR: SU 2096 9602 Type: Excavation and Watching Brief Dates: Excavation 17 November 2014 – 28 November 2014 Watching Brief 1 December 2014 – 10 February 2015 Planning Reference: S/14/1048/HC Location of Archive: To be deposited with Swindon Museum and Art Gallery Accession Number: SWIMG B 2014.110 Site Code: LFI 14

An archaeological excavation and watching brief were undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology between November 2014 and February 2015 on land at Lynt Farm, Upper Inglesham, Wiltshire. Two excavation areas were targeted upon archaeological features identified during preceding archaeological evaluation by geophysical survey and trial trenching. An archaeological watching brief was subsequently undertaken during groundworks associated with the excavation of access tracks, cable trenches and foundations for transformers. No features or deposits of archaeological interest were observed during those groundworks.

An isolated north-west/south-east Middle Bronze Age ditch was encountered within the southernmost excavation area. Fired clay and flint were recovered from the ditch.

Two parallel north/south segmented ditches, a series of pits on the same alignment, and a probable grain storage pit, later filled with domestic refuse, were noted during the excavation of the northernmost area. Late prehistoric pottery was recovered from the pit and a short segment of ditch, whilst the segmented ditches appear likely to be of medieval date.

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1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 In November 2014 Cotswold Archaeology (CA) carried out an archaeological excavation on behalf of Hive Energy Ltd at land at Lynt Farm, Upper Inglesham, Wiltshire (centred on NGR: SU 2096 960; Fig. 1). A subsequent archaeological watching brief was carried out during construction of the solar farm between December 2014 and March 2015.

1.2 The excavation and watching brief were undertaken to fulfil planning conditions requiring a programme of archaeological work ahead of construction of a solar farm on the site (planning reference S/14/1048/HC, Conditions 19 and 20). This work followed on from a programme of geophysical survey (PCG 2014) and trial trench evaluation (CA 2014a), the results of which form part of the Environmental Statement (ES) for the site (PPG 2014). Following the results of that programme of works it was agreed that two areas containing Iron Age and Roman remains, and one area of extant ridge and furrow, would be excluded from the development in order to preserve these features in situ (in accordance with planning reference S/14/1048/HC, Conditions 18). These areas were fenced off prior to development, and are denoted as ‘Exclusion Zone’ areas on Figure 2.

1.3 The excavation and the watching brief were carried out in accordance with a detailed Written Scheme of Investigation (WSI) produced by CA (2014b) and approved by Melanie Pomeroy-Kellinger. The fieldwork also followed the Standard and guidance for archaeological excavation (IfA 2009), the Standard and guidance for an archaeological watching brief (IfA 2009) the Management of Archaeological Projects (English Heritage 1991) and the Management of Research Projects in the Historic Environment (MORPHE): Project Manager’s Guide (English Heritage 2006).

The site

1.4 The development area is approximately 49.8ha in extent, and is located within the Upper Thames Valley to the immediate south-east of the hamlet of Upper Inglesham. It comprises six fields of low lying agricultural land in the valley of the River Cole, a tributary of the Thames, and is bounded to the west by the A361 and by large agricultural fields to the north, east and south. The site lies at approximately

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75m AOD and is relatively flat. Prior to development the site was predominantly laid to pasture, with some arable land in the west of the site, and polo fields to the south.

1.5 The underlying geology of the site comprises Oxford Clay Formation Mudstone (BGS 2014). No superficial deposits are recorded. The geology encountered varied across the site, comprising sandy clays, sand and gravel.

Archaeological background

1.6 The detailed archaeological background to the site is contained within the cultural heritage and archaeology chapter of the draft ES, to which reference should be made (PPG 2014). In summary, the location of the current site alongside the River Cole raised some potential for unrecorded archaeological remains. However, the site is located on clay geology and with well-drained gravel terraces available in the vicinity, the site was initially thought likely to have been comparatively less attractive to early settlers seeking to live in the area. It is likely that the clay slopes of the Upper Thames Valley would have been wooded or if cleared would have been used as rough grazing land.

1.7 The site formed part of the agricultural hinterland of nearby settlements probably from the early medieval period onwards. Well-preserved ridge and furrow earthworks are located across the central and northern fields at the site. Within the local area is an enigmatic group of circular monuments known as the ‘Highworth Rings.’ These large circular earthworks are defined by unbroken ditches with internal banks and are often in contiguous groups. “Highworth Circles” were originally thought to have been prehistoric in origin but are now believed to be associated with medieval stock management. They are only found within Highworth Hundred and therefore represent an unusual and rare expression of a local cultural practice. Several of the rings are situated approximately 900m south-west of the site. However, prior to the geophysical survey (see below) there was no evidence for buried remains at the site.

1.8 There was evidence for agricultural buildings at the site dating to the post-medieval period, specifically a group of cow sheds located in the eastern part of the central field at the site.

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The Geophysical Survey 1.9 A geophysical survey was undertaken on the site by Pre-Construct Geophysics Ltd (PCG) in May 2014 (PCG 2014). The survey identified potential archaeological features towards the southern part of the site, including one potential ring-ditch, with suggestions of two similar features and other ditches to its north and north-east. A further potential ring-ditch and adjacent curvilinear ditch were identified c.60m to the east. A considerably smaller sub-circular ditch, possibly a round barrow, was detected in relative isolation in the south-east of site. Ridge and furrow was recorded to the north and west, whilst a group of anomalies recorded at the mid-eastern edge of the site correspond to a small, ditched enclosure that encompassed a number of buildings, as depicted on the 1841 Tithe Map. The survey also recorded traces of a former boundary depicted on historic mapping (ibid).

The Archaeological Evaluation 1.10 An archaeological trial-trench evaluation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in August-September 2014 (CA 2014a). Forty trenches were excavated, and an stereo-photogrammetric record of the extant ridge and furrow earthworks was also completed, as part of the evaluation, the latter enabling an ortho-rectified image and digital surface model of the earthworks to be produced (ibid.). The evaluation identified archaeological remains dating to the early prehistoric to modern periods. The remains indicate the continued agricultural use of the site, with evidence of Iron Age enclosures, Roman agricultural boundaries, medieval ridge and furrow, a post- medieval field boundary and a modern metalled trackway.

1.11 An isolated boundary ditch, dating to the middle Bronze Age, was identified in the north of the site, along with a posthole and pit, dated to the late prehistoric and Iron Age respectively. Towards the southern part of the site four Iron Age enclosures, three of which most likely represent stock enclosures, were identified, correlating with anomalies identified by the geophysical survey. The function of the fourth enclosure remains uncertain. Agricultural boundary ditches and pits dating to the Roman period were identified in the western, central and southern areas of the site.

1.12 Ridge and furrow of probable medieval date was identified across the central eastern part of the site, and a post-medieval boundary ditch and modern trackway were identified in the north-eastern part of the site. A number of undated features were identified including ditches, gullies, pits and postholes. It is probable the majority of these features relate to the Iron Age and/or Roman agricultural use of the

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site. However, the features in the northern corner of the site may post-date the medieval ridge and furrow.

Archaeological objectives

1.13 The objectives of the archaeological works were to:

 record the nature of the main stratigraphic units encountered

 assess the overall presence, survival and potential of funerary, ritual, industrial and structural remains

 assess the overall presence, survival, condition, and potential of artefactual and ecofactual remains

1.14 The specific aims of the work were to:

 record any evidence of past settlement or other land use

 recover artefactual evidence to date any evidence of past settlement that may be identified

 sample and analyse environmental remains to create a better understanding of past land use and economy

1.15 Regional research aims that may be addressed by the project (Webster 2008) include, but are not limited to:

 Research Aim 14: Widen our understanding of Late Bronze Age and Iron Age material culture

 Research Aim 17: Improve the quality and quantity of environmental data and our understanding of what it represents

 Research Aim 40: Improve our understanding of agricultural intensification and diversification in later prehistory

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Methodology

1.16 The fieldwork followed the methodology set out within the WSI (CA 2014b). The archaeological excavation was undertaken throughout two areas of Bronze Age to Iron Age activity identified in the evaluation, and the subsequent archaeological watching brief was conducted during the excavation of access tracks, high voltage cable runs and excavations to form the foundations for transformers/inverters. The location of the two excavation areas (Fig. 2, Areas A and B) was agreed with Melanie Pommeroy-Kellinger (WC), informed by the results of the archaeological evaluation (PCG 2014 & CA 2014a). Area A, measuring 30m by 30m, and Area B, measuring 20m by 20m, were set out on OS National Grid (NGR) co-ordinates using Leica GPS and surveyed in accordance with CA Technical Manual 4 Survey Manual.

1.17 The two areas were excavated by mechanical excavator equipped with a toothless grading bucket. All machine excavation was undertaken under constant archaeological supervision to the top of the first significant archaeological horizon or the natural substrate, whichever was encountered first. Where archaeological deposits were encountered they were excavated by hand in accordance with CA Technical Manual 1: Fieldwork Recording Manual.

1.18 Deposits were assessed for their palaeoenvironmental potential in accordance with CA Technical Manual 2: The Taking and Processing of Environmental and Other Samples from Archaeological Sites and one deposit was sampled and processed. All artefacts recovered were processed in accordance with Technical Manual 3 Treatment of Finds Immediately after Excavation.

1.19 The archive and artefacts from the evaluation are currently held by CA at their offices in Kemble. Subject to the agreement of the legal landowner they will be deposited with Swindon Museum and Art Gallery under accession number SWIMG B 2014.110, along with the site archive. A summary of information from this project, set out within Appendix C, will be entered onto the OASIS online database of archaeological projects in Britain.

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2. RESULTS (FIGS 2-4)

2.1 This section provides an overview of the excavation and watching brief results; detailed summaries of the recorded contexts and finds are to be found in Appendices A and B respectively.

Archaeological Excavation Area A (Figs 2 & 3)

2.2 Two parallel, north/south-aligned, shallow segmented ditches, Ditch A (comprising excavated segments 5021/5023/5025/5027/5029) and Ditch B (comprising excavated segments 5005/5007/5017/5039) were observed during the excavation, associated with adjacent pits 5011, 5015 and 5019 on the same alignment. Ditch A was the shorter of the two, comprising two short segments totalling 10m in length, although pit 5031, 9m to the south, lay on the projected southerly continuation of the ditch, which may have been truncated here. Ditch B comprised three main segments and totalled around 35m in length, with a gap of at least 6m between segments 5005 and 5017 in the centre of the excavation area. From the northern section segment 5005 fill 5006 produced four sherds of medieval pottery. Its southern section, 5039/5017, was aligned north/south and cut natural substrate 5002. This was cut by oval pit 5015 (Fig. 3, section AA) to the north, and a later furrow to the south. Ditch B northern segment 5007 and southern segment 5039 yielded prehistoric worked and burnt flints from excavated fills 5008 and 5040 respectively. A north-west/south-east- aligned cross-ditch 5044, set between Ditches A and B also produced worked flint, two small pieces of late prehistoric pottery and fired clay from its fill (5045). To the south a partially-exposed, undated, east/west-aligned ditch 5003 may represent a further element of this ditch-defined network extending beyond the western limit of excavation.

2.3 No datable evidence was recovered from oval pits 5011 and 5037. Sub-circular, near vertical-sided, pit 5031 (Fig. 3, section BB) produced late prehistoric pottery and animal bone fragments from two fills, 5033 and 5034, along with a probably residual, and broken, early Neolithic blade from fill 5034. Oval pit 5009 contained worked flint within its single fill 5010. Sub-circular pit 5013 produced 19 sherds of Late Bronze Age pottery during the preceding evaluation (Trench 5). The excavation identified that an apparent upper fill of Late Bronze Age pit 5013, which produced Iron Age pottery and possible fired-clay loom weight fragments during the trial trench evaluation, actually represented the fill of another pit, 5009, which had cut through

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the earlier feature. Further late prehistoric pottery was recovered from a nearby treethrow 5041. Oval pit 5035 contained medieval pottery from its single fill 5036. The features in Area A were cut by E-W aligned furrows and covered by 0.55m of subsoil and topsoil.

Archaeological Excavation Area B (Figs 2 & 4)

2.4 The archaeological feature encountered consisted of an isolated north-west/south- east aligned shallow Ditch C (6003/6007) within Area B (Fig. 4, sections CC, DD). The ditch produced ten sherds of Middle Bronze Age pottery and two flint blades during the preceding evaluation (Trench 9). The south-east ditch terminus was encountered during the subsequent excavation, when a total length of 12.89m of ditch was exposed. Further worked flints and fired clay fragments were recovered from ditch fills 6004 and 6008 during the excavation. Fill 6009 also produced a broken Mesolithic bladelet. The condition of material seems to indicate that lithics are residual and it is a Bronze Age ditch with residual Mesolithic and Neolithic flints. The ditch was cut by southwest-northeast aligned plough furrows. The subsoil and topsoil overlying the ditch encountered in Area B measured 0.6m depth.

Archaeological Watching Brief 2.5 Despite the archaeological potential of the observed groundworks, no features or deposits of archaeological interest were observed and the results of the watching brief were entirely negative. Despite visual scanning of spoil, no artefactual material pre-dating the modern period was recovered.

2.6 The main areas of archaeological activity identified by the preceding evaluation were excluded from the development, or excavated (Areas A and B) and the negative watching brief results may indicate that the majority of significant archaeological remains are restricted to these areas. However, it should also be noted that the excavations for the access tracks were too shallow to expose the natural substrate and therefore any archaeological remains, whilst the potential to identify archaeological remains within the cable trenches was constrained due to the limited width of the trenches and poor ground conditions encountered during their excavation. The transformer bases provided a better opportunity to identify remains,

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during the careful excavation of 5m x 5m areas down to the natural substrate in 16 locations, and yet none were observed.

The finds evidence

2.7 Finds recovered from excavation include pottery and worked flint.

Pottery: Late prehistoric 2.8 Hand-collected material of this date (the period spanning the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age) amounted to 30 sherds (89g). The majority of hand-collected material (28 sherds), and a further 95 sherds (182g) from soil sample 5000.1, derived from pit 5031 (fills 5033 and 5034). Pottery from deposits 5043 (fill of tree throw feature 5041) and 5045 (fill of ditch 5044), consists of small, unfeatured late prehistoric sherds for which broad dating only was possible. The hand-collected group from pit 5031 comprises mainly unabraded bodysherds, including some larger, joining sherds. Represented fabrics consist of a mix of (handmade) limestone/fossil shell, quartz and quartzite-tempered types (Appendix B). Among a small number of featured sherds (all from the soil-sample collected group) are simple rims, probably from neckless, barrel-shaped or ovoid vessels and one carinated fineware vessel. The few form elements and the range of fabrics compares with that from the large Early and Middle Iron Age group from Groundwell West, Swindon (Timby 2001) and dating in a similar range is suggested.

Medieval 2.9 A total of four bodysherds of Minety Ware was recorded in ditch 5005 fill 5006 and pit 5035 fill 5036. This ware type was produced at Minety in north Wiltshire across the 12th to 15th centuries (McSloy 2013, 160). The sherds are moderately large and unabraded.

Worked flint 2.10 A total of ten worked flint items was recovered from five deposits, in addition to one piece of burnt, unworked flint weighing 2g. The majority of the flints are undiagnostic flakes, two of which (from pit 5009 fill 5010 and ditch 5039 fill 5040) are burnt. However, the lithics from ditch fill 6008 include a distal fragment from a broken bladelet, which is Mesolithic in date. Although six flints were recorded in this fill, the degree of rolling and edge damage suggests that they are not in situ. Also from this deposit is a single-platform flake core, which is not a closely dateable type. A blade

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from pit 5031 fill 5034, which is missing both the tip and butt ends, displays areas of semi-abrupt retouch along the left dorsal and ventral edges. This item is likely to be Early Neolithic in date and its condition suggests it is a residual find.

The faunal remains

2.11 A total of nine fragments of animal bone were recovered from five deposits of which, only those from pit 5031 fill 5034 were recovered in association with artefacts dated to the Late Prehistoric period (see Appendix B; Table 2). However, the characteristics of the assemblage in terms of preservation, fragmentation and species present are consistent throughout.

2.12 The level of preservation was good, making it possible to identify the remains of cattle (Bos taurus) and sheep/goat (Ovis aries/Capra hircus), represented by those more robust and meat-poor skeletal elements such as molar teeth. A further 184 fragments were recovered from bulk soil sample 5000.1 taken from pit 5031. Of these, two were identified as sheep/goat while the remainder, much of which had been burnt, was too fragmentary to identify. While the above species are common occurrences in assemblages from the Bronze Age onwards (Baker and Worley, 2014), the amount of useful interpretative data to be gleaned from such a small amount of identifiable bone is very limited. The combined factors of low recovery, high fragmentation, and burning suggest that while there may be an origin in domestic waste, the assemblage is now more than likely residual in nature.

The Palaeoenvironmental Evidence

Late Prehistoric 2.13 Sample 5000.1 was recovered from fill 5034 within pit 5031. The sample contained a diverse and well-preserved assemblage of carbonised plant macrofossils and a large assemblage of well-preserved charcoal (Appendix B; Tables 3 and 4). Plant macrofossils included barley (Hordeum vulgare), emmer (Triticum dicoccum) and spelt (Triticum spelta) wheat cereal grains and cereal chaff including spelt wheat glume bases, a single emmer/spelt wheat spikelet fork and culm nodes. Herbaceous taxa indicative of arable/disturbed environments included cleavers (Galium aparine), goosefoots (Chenopodium), grass stems (Poa) and vetches (Vicia/Lathyrus). In addition two carbonised flax seeds (Linum usitatissimum) were identified. Charcoal

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was recorded as oak (Quercus), cherry species (Prunus) and blackthorn (Prunus spinosa).

2.14 The relatively steep sides and flat base of pit 5034 are typical of that observed within grain storage pits. However the mixture of charred cereal grain, weeds, cereal chaff and flax seeds, along with bone, burnt bone, pottery and flint is more indicative of a dump of domestic waste/hearth debris. As such, it is possible that this pit was originally used for grain storage, and later used for rubbish.

2.15 The charred waste made up of oak which appears to have been the dominant fuel with crop processing waste (charred cereal grains and chaff) most likely used as kindling. The flax seeds are of interest as they may suggest the exploitation of flax for oil extraction (from seeds) or linen production (fibres extracted from flax stems). Unfortunately the presence of only two seeds means it is not possible to confirm whether the flax was being deliberately cultivated or simply a weed inclusion within the cereal crop.

3. DISCUSSION

3.1 All the archaeological features encountered were cut into the natural substrate, with a high level of horizontal truncation from later agricultural practice evidenced by furrows crossing the site broadly east-west. The truncation was particularly heavy in Area A, where some of the segmented, probably medieval, ditches were as little as 0.08m deep.

Prehistoric 3.2 The earliest datable feature encountered consisted of the isolated, probable Middle Bronze Age Ditch C (6003/6007) within Area B. Pottery from the ditch is of Middle Bronze Age date although residual Mesolithic and Neolithic lithics were present. No further contemporary features were identified during the current works, and only a short length of the ditch was identified, making further interpretation impossible at present.

3.3 In Area A, pits 5013 and 5031 appear likely to be the only features convincingly dated to the prehistoric period, with a considerable assemblage comprising 123

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sherds of Early to Middle Iron Age pottery from the two fills of pit 5031, in addition to 19 sherds of Late Bronze Age pottery from the fill of pit 5013 recorded during the preceding trial-trench evaluation (originally evaluation context 510; CA 2014a). The worked flint flake within pit 5009, which cuts pit 5013, could be residual, having disturbed material from the earlier context. This would accord with the description of a charcoal-rich deliberate backfill which produced pottery dating to the Iron Age and a pyramidal loomweight in the evaluation (originally evaluation context 510), and suggests at either two phases, or a long period, of late prehistoric activity across Area A, from the Late Bronze Age into the Early to Middle Iron Age, represented by larger pits 5013 and 5031, and at least three pits (505, 507 and 511) sealed by a buried soil 502 containing a sherd of late prehistoric pottery. Postholes 513, 516 and 518 found during the evaluation may also be associated with features of this period, and with the discovery of a loomweight, cereal processing waste and the likelihood of pit 5031 originally functioning as a grain storage pit, the activity of this date appears to be domestic and agricultural in nature.

Medieval 3.4 Evidence of a ditch defined network, represented by north/south orientated Ditches A and B and probably also east/west-aligned ditches 5003 and 5044 (the scraps of prehistoric pottery are small and may well be residual), was encountered within Area A. The exact date and function of this network remains unclear, as both prehistoric and medieval artefacts were recovered from the ditches and nearby pits. Undated pits and postholes in evaluation Trench 5 appeared more likely to be associated with the two prehistoric pits within Area A, as discussed above, although this cannot be proven. The ditch network, containing 12th to 15th-century pottery, appears most likely to relate to medieval agriculture, either demarcating narrow strip fields or, perhaps more likely with gaps and pits/postholes at the end of each segment, forming part of a droveway or stock control system.

Conclusion 3.5 Whilst the limited extent of these excavations and the watching brief, coupled with the preceding evaluation of the site, restricts the potential to address the regional research agenda items set out in Section 1.15 in any great detail the results do show that late prehistoric activity, including some form of agricultural settlement dating from the Late Bronze Age to Middle Iron Age, was present despite the unpromising nature of the heavy clay soils noted in the Cultural Heritage chapter of the Environmental Statement (PPG 2014). This does little to further Research Aim 14:

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widen our understanding of Late Bronze Age and Iron Age material culture, or Research Aim 17: improve the quality and quantity of environmental data and our understanding of what it represents, due to the small size of the respective assemblages present. However, in respect of Research Aim 40: improve our understanding of agricultural intensification and diversification in later prehistory, the discovery of a previously unknown probable late prehistoric farming settlement, in an area of heavy clay soils formerly thought to be an unpromising location for such activity, adds valuable new information. This shows that such settlement extended beyond more favourable gravel terrace locations and, despite the heavy soils, suggests that arable farming was an important part of the local economy. The presence of possible Iron Age stock enclosures, found during the preceding evaluation on low-lying areas in the south of the development area, suggests the late prehistoric economy was a mixed one.

3.6 The medieval ditch system evident in Area A, containing unabraded 12th to 15th- century pottery, clearly pre-dates the probably medieval or early post-medieval ridge and furrow system, and lies on a different alignment. This suggests an earlier field system associated with the minor manor believed to have been associated with Lynt Farm throughout the medieval period (PPG 2014), and perhaps greater agricultural activity in this period than previously thought.

4. CA PROJECT TEAM

The archaeological excavation was undertaken by Alistair Barber, assisted by Noel Boothroyd, Jon Pick and Monica Fombellida. The watching brief was undertaken by Jonathan Orellana and Luke Brannlund. The report was written by Jonathan Orellana. The illustrations were prepared by Leo Heatley. The archive has been compiled by Jonathan Orellana, and prepared for deposition by Hazel O’Neill. The project was managed for CA by Simon Cox.

5. REFERENCES

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BGS (British Geological Survey) 2014 Geology of Britain Viewer http://maps.bgs.ac.uk/geology viewer_google/googleviewer.html Accessed 10 June 2014

CA (Cotswold Archaeology) 2003 The taking and processing of environmental and other samples from archaeological sites, CA Technical Manual No. 2

CA (Cotswold Archaeology) 2014a Lynt Farm, Upper Inglesham, Wiltshire: Archaeological Evaluation. CA typescript report 14402

CA (Cotswold Archaeology) 2014b Lynt Farm, Upper Inglesham, Wiltshire: Written Scheme of Investigation for an Archaeological Excavation and Watching Brief

DCLG (Department of Communities and Local Government) 2012 National Planning Policy Framework

PPG (Pegasus Planning Group) 2014 Lynt Solar Farm, Highworth, Wiltshire: Environmental Statement

PCG (Pre-Construct Geophysics Ltd) 2014 Proposed Solar Farm, Lynt Farm, Upper Inglesham, Wiltshire: Archaeological Geophysical Survey

Timby J. 2001, ‘The Pottery’, in Walker et al. 19–26

Walker, G. Langton, B. and Oakey, N. 2001 An Iron Age Site at Groundwell West, Blunsdon St. Andrew, Wiltshire Cirencester, Cotswold Archaeological trust

Webster, C. J. 2008 The Archaeology of South West England: South West Archaeological Research Framework Resource Assessment and Research Agenda. Taunton, Somerset County Council

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APPENDIX A: CONTEXT DESCRIPTIONS

Trench Context Type Fill of Context Description L (m) W Depth Spot-date No. No. interpretation (m) /thick ness (m) 50 5000 Layer topsoil dark grey brown clay silt >30 >30 0.3 50 5001 Layer subsoil light yellow brown sandy clay >30 >30 0.25 50 5002 Layer natural substrate firm mid orangey blue clay >30 >30 50 5003 Cut ditch shallow, E/W orientated >2 0.55 0.14 50 5004 Fill 5003 fill of ditch dark brown silty clay >2 0.55 0.14 50 5005 Cut ditch terminus shallow, NE/SW orientated >1.35 0.51 0.16 50 5006 Fill 5005 fill of ditch mid yellowish brown sandy clay >1.35 0.51 0.16 MC12-LC15 50 5007 Cut ditch U shaped sides, concave base, >1.4 0.55 0.2 NE/SW orientated 50 5008 Fill 5007 fill of ditch mid yellowish brown sandy clay >1.4 0.55 0.2 50 5009 Cut pit oval plan, shallow , flat base >0.54 0.82 0.14 50 5010 Fill 5009 fill of pit mid yellowish brown silty clay >0.54 0.82 0.14 50 5011 Cut pit oval plan, shallow sides, flat base 0.68 0.59 0.18 50 5012 Fill 5011 fill of pit dark brownish grey silty clay 0.68 0.59 0.18 50 5013 Cut pit circular pit, flat base 1.63 1.18 0.38 50 5014 Fill 5013 fill of pit dark grey silty clay 1.63 1.18 0.38 50 5015 Cut pit oval plan, steep sides, concave 1.3 0.9 0.45 base 50 5016 Fill 5015 fill of pit light brownish grey silty clay 1.3 0.9 0.45 50 5017 Cut gully curvilinear plan, steep sides >0.46 0.5 0.45 50 5018 Fill 5017 fill of gully mid yellowish grey silty clay >0.46 0.5 0.45 50 5019 Cut pit oval plan, U shaped symmetrical 0.95 0.65 0.12 sides, concave base 50 5020 Fill 5019 fill of pit light brow silty clay 0.95 0.65 0.12 50 5021 Cut ditch terminus shallow, N/S orientated, concave 0.75 0.55 0.1 base 50 5022 Fill 5021 fill of ditch greyish brown silty clay 0.75 0.55 0.1 50 5023 Cut ditch shallow, N/S orientated, concave >0.63 0.55 0.07 base 50 5024 Fill 5024 fill of ditch grey brown silty clay >0.63 0.55 0.07 50 5025 Cut ditch terminus shallow, N/S orientated, concave >0.75 0.46 0.08 base 50 5026 Fill 5025 fill of ditch light brown silty clay >0.75 0.46 0.08 50 5027 Cut ditch terminus shallow, N/S orientated, concave >0.7 0.45 0.1 base 50 5028 Fill 5027 fill of ditch light brown silty clay >0.7 0.45 0.1 50 5029 Cut ditch terminus shallow, N/S orientated, concave >1 0.4 0.08 base 50 5030 Fill 5029 fill of ditch grey brown silty clay >1 0.4 0.08 50 5031 Cut storage pit sub rounded plan, steep sides, flat 1.52 1.11 0.63 base 50 5032 Fill 5031 upper fill of pit dark brown silty clay, frequent 0.7 0.81 0.19 charcoal inclusions 50 5033 Fill 5031 medium fill of pit dark brownish grey clay 1.52 1.29 0.57 Late prehist 50 5034 Fill 5031 lower fill of pit dark brownish black clay, abundant 1.04 0.58 charcoal 50 5035 Cut pit sub circular plan, heavily truncated 0.63 0.55 0.06 50 5036 Fill 5035 fill of pit light grey silty clay 0.63 0.55 0.06 MC12-LC15 50 5037 Cut pit oval plan, concave base, E/W 1.03 0.5 0.1 orientated 50 5038 Fill 5037 fill of pit light brown silty clay 1.03 0.5 0.1

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50 5039 Cut ditch N/S orientated, U shaped sides, flat >1.15 0.9 0.3 base 50 5040 Fill 5039 fill of ditch grey brown silty clay >1.15 0.9 0.3 50 5041 Cut treethrow irregular plan and profile 0.79 0.68 0.24 50 5042 Fill 5041 fill of treethrow mid yellowish brown silty clay 0.79 0.68 0.24 50 5043 Fill 5041 fill of treethrow dark brownish grey silty clay 0.79 0.68 0.24 Late prehist 50 5044 Cut ditch shallow, NW/SE orientated, eastern >0.75 0.34 0.09 terminus of ditch 5044/5046 50 5045 Fill 5044 fill of ditch mid greyish brown silty clay >0.75 0.34 0.09 50 5046 Cut ditch terminus shallow, NW/SE orientated, western >0.45 0.37 0.12 terminus of ditch 5044/5046 50 5047 Fill 5046 fill of ditch mid greyish brown silty clay >0.45 0.37 0.12 60 6000 Layer topsoil mid greyish brown sandy silt >20 >20 0.28 60 6001 Layer subsoil mid greyish yellow sandy clay >20 >20 0.3 60 6002 Layer natural substrate mid yellowish green clay >20 >20 60 6003 Cut ditch NW/SE orientated, steep sides, >0.7 0.66 0.22 concave base 60 6004 Fill fill of ditch mid brown silty clay >0.7 0.66 0.22 60 6005 Cut ditch NW/SE orientated, steep sides, >0.65 1.63 0.25 concave base 60 6006 Fill fill of ditch mid brown silty clay >0.65 1.63 0.25 60 6007 Cut ditch N/S orientated, U shaped sides, >1.05 1.5 0.3 concave base 60 6008 Fill 6007 fill of ditch greyish brown silty clay >1.05 1.5 0.3 70 7000 Layer topsoil dark greyish brown sandy silt >3.5 0.25 70 7001 Layer subsoil mid yellowish grey silty clay >3.5 70 7002 Cut ditch modern hedge ditch, NE/SW >46 0.65 orientated 70 7003 Fill fill of ditch dark grey silty clay, frequent pieces >46 0.65 of wood 71 7100 Layer topsoil light grey brown sandy silt >4.5 0.25 71 7101 Layer topsoil light yellowish brown silty clay >4.5 >0.3 71 7102 Layer natural substrate firm bluish grey clay with white >4.5 patches 72 7200 Layer topsoil dark greyish brown sandy silt >3 >1.5 0.3 72 7201 Layer subsoil mid yellowish green silty clay >3 >1.5 0.45 72 7202 Layer natural substrate firm greyish blue clay >3 >1.5 73 7300 Layer topsoil dark greyish brown sandy silt >153 >1.2 0.2 73 7301 Layer subsoil mid greenish grey silty clay >153 >1.2 0.45 73 7302 Layer natural substrate firm mid bluish grey clay >153 >1.2 74 7400 Layer topsoil dark greyish brown sandy silt >250 >0.9 0.3 74 7401 Layer subsoil mid greyish green clay >250 >0.9 0.4 74 7402 Layer natural substrate firm mid orangey grey clay >250 >0.9 75 7500 Layer topsoil dark greyish brown sandy silt >8 >1.7 0.2 75 7501 Layer subsoil mid yellowish grey silty clay >8 >1.7 0.35 75 7502 Layer natural substrate mid bluish grey clay >8 >1.7 76 7600 Layer topsoil dark greyish brown sandy silt >8 >1.7 0.2 76 7601 Layer subsoil mid yellowish grey silty clay >8 >1.7 0.3 76 7602 Layer natural substrate mid bluish grey clay >8 >1.7 77 7700 Layer topsoil dark greyish brown sandy silt >8 >1.7 0.25 77 7701 Layer subsoil mid yellowish grey silty clay >8 >1.7 0.4 77 7702 Layer natural substrate mid bluish grey clay >8 >1.7 78 7800 Layer topsoil dark greyish brown sandy silt >8 >1.7 0.3 78 7801 Layer subsoil mid yellowish grey silty clay >8 >1.7 0.45 78 7802 Layer natural substrate firm bluish grey clay with orange >8 >1.7 patches

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79 7900 Layer topsoil dark greyish brown sandy silt >13.5 >1.6 0.2 79 7901 Layer subsoil mid yellowish grey silty clay >13.5 >1.6 0.35 79 7902 Layer natural substrate dark greyish brown sandy silt >13.5 >1.6 80 8000 Layer topsoil mid greyish brown silty clay >0.9 0.25 80 8001 Layer subsoil mid yellowish grey silty clay >0.9 0.35 80 8002 Layer natural substrate firm bluish grey clay >0.9 80 8003 Layer alluvium mid grey silty clay, below subsoil >0.9 0.2 81 8100 Layer topsoil mid greyish brown silty clay >5 >5 0.3 81 8101 Layer subsoil mid yellowish grey silty clay >5 >5 0.5 81 8102 Layer natural substrate firm bluish grey clay >5 >5 82 8200 Layer topsoil mid greyish brown silty clay >5 >5 0.3 82 8201 Layer subsoil mid yellowish grey silty clay >5 >5 0.4 82 8202 Layer natural substrate firm bluish grey clay >5 >5 83 8300 Layer topsoil mid greyish brown silty clay >5 >5 0.3 83 8301 Layer subsoil mid yellowish grey silty clay >5 >5 0.4 83 8302 Layer natural substrate firm bluish grey clay >5 >5 84 8400 Layer topsoil dark brown silty clay >0.6 0.2 84 8401 Layer subsoil light yellowish brown silty clay >0.6 0.4 84 8402 Layer natural substrate mid greyish yellow clay >0.6 85 8500 Layer topsoil dark brown silty clay >5 >5 0.3 85 8501 Layer subsoil light yellowish brown silty clay >5 >5 0.3 85 8502 Layer natural substrate firm bluish grey clay >5 >5 86 8600 Layer topsoil dark brown silty clay >5 >5 0.3 86 8601 Layer subsoil light yellowish brown silty clay >5 >5 0.3 86 8602 Layer natural substrate firm bluish grey clay >5 >5 87 8700 Layer topsoil dark greyish brown silty clay >5 >5 0.25 87 8701 Layer subsoil mid yellowish grey silty clay >5 >5 0.35 87 8702 Layer natural substrate Firm light yellow clay with greyish >5 >5 sand patches 88 8800 Layer topsoil greyish brown sandy silt >5 >3 0.2 88 8801 Layer subsoil mid yellowish brown silty clay >5 >3 0.35 88 8802 Layer natural substrate firm greenish yellow clay >5 >3 89 8900 Layer topsoil dark greyish brown sandy silt >5 >3 0.25 89 8901 Layer subsoil mid yellowish brown silty clay >5 >3 0.4 89 8902 Layer natural substrate firm greyish yellow clay >5 >3 90 9000 Layer topsoil dark greyish brown sandy silt >5.1 >2.4 0.25 90 9001 Layer subsoil mid yellowish brown silty clay >5.1 >2.4 0.45 90 9002 Layer natural substrate firm light yellow clay >5.1 >2.4 91 9100 Layer topsoil mid greyish brown sandy silt >6.2 >4 0.16 91 9101 Layer subsoil mid greenish grey clay >6.2 >4 0.25 91 9102 Layer natural substrate firm bluish grey clay >6.2 >4 92 9200 Layer topsoil dark greyish brown sandy silt >5 >3.4 0.2 92 9201 Layer subsoil mid greenish grey silty clay >5 >3.4 0.34 92 9202 Layer natural substrate firm light yellowish grey clay >5 >3.4

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APPENDIX B: FINDS AND PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL CONCORDANCE

Table 1: finds concordance

Context Description Count Weight(g) Spot-date 5006 Medieval pottery: Minety ware 1 19 MC12-LC15 5008 Worked flint: flake 1 <1 - 5010 Worked flint: flake 1 7 - 5033 Late prehistoric pottery: quartz-tempered 6 21 E-MIA Late prehistoric pottery: quartz/limestone-tempered 2 5 5034 Late prehistoric pottery: grog-tempered 1 21 E-MIA Late prehistoric pottery: coarse limestone/shell-tempered 5 13 Late prehistoric pottery: fine limestone-tempered 6 33 Late prehistoric pottery: quartz-tempered 2 7 Worked flint: flint retouched blade 1 10 5034 Late prehistoric pottery: coarse limestone-tempered; fine 95 182 - <5000.1> limestone-tempered; quartz-tempered; quartzite-tempered 5036 Medieval pottery: Minety ware 3 24 MC12-LC15 5040 Worked flint: flake 1 <1 - Burnt flint 1 2 5043 Late prehistoric pottery: fine limestone-tempered 1 3 Late Prehist. Late prehistoric pottery: vesicular fabric 4 4 5045 Late prehistoric pottery: quartzite-tempered 2 1 Late Prehist. Worked flint: flake 1 7 6004 Fired clay 1 4 - 6008 Worked flint: flakes, bladelet, core 6 24 -

Table 2: Identified animal species by fragment count (NISP) and weight and context.

Cut Fill BOS O/C MM un-id SS Total Weight (g) Late prehistoric 5031 5034 1 3 1 182 187 64 undated 5009 5010 1 1 3 5011 5012 1 1 4 5015 5016 3 3 49 5039 5040 1 1 4 subtotal Total 5 5 1 182 193 Weight 64 12 3 45 124 BOS = Cattle; O/C = sheep/goat; MM = medium sized mammal; un-id SS = unidentifiable fragments from bulk soil samples.

Table 3 Plant macrofossil identifications

Context number 5034 Feature number 5031 Sample number (SS) 5000.1 Flot volume (ml) 117 Sample volume processed (l) 28 Soil remaining (l) 0 Period LPRE Plant macrofossil preservation Good Habitat Family Species Common Name

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Code D/A Amaranthaceae Chenopodium L. (Blitum L.) Goosefoots ++ D/A/P Fabaceae Vicia L./Lathyrus L. Vetches/Peas ++ E/D Linaceae Linum usitatissimum L. Flax + E Poaceae Hordeum vulgare L. Barley grain + E Triticum dicoccum Emmer wheat grain ++

E Triticum spelta Spelt wheat grain ++ E Triticum spelta Spelt wheat glume base + Triticum dicoccum/ E Emmer/spelt wheat grain + Triticum spelta Triticum dicoccum/ E Emmer/spelt wheat - spikelet fork + Triticum spelta E Poaceae Indeterminate cereal grain (whole) + E Indeterminate cereal grain (fragment >1mm) ++

E Indeterminate cereal grain (fragment <1mm) +

E Culm node (whole) + Poa Grass sp stem + A/D Rubiaceae Galium aparine L. Cleavers ++

Table 4 Charcoal identification

Context number 5034 Feature number 5031 Sample number (SS) 5000.1 Flot volume (ml) 117 Sample volume processed (l) 28 Soil remaining (l) 0 Period LPRE Charcoal quantity ++++++ Charcoal preservation Good Family Species Common Name Quercus petraea (Matt.) Sessile Oak/ Fagaceae 97 Liebl./Quercus robur L. Pedunculate Oak Rosaceae Prunus L. Cherry species 1 Prunus spinosa L. Blackthorn (twig) 2

Number of Fragments: 100

Key (Tables 3 and 4)

+ = 1–4 items; ++ = 5–20 items; +++ = 21–40 items; ++++ = 40–99 items ; +++++ = >100 items items

HSW = hedgerow/shrub/woodland plant ; A = arable weeds; D = opportunistic weeds; P = grassland species E = economic plant

LPRE = Late Prehistoric

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APPENDIX C: OASIS REPORT FORM

PROJECT DETAILS

Project Name Lynt Farm Short description An archaeological excavation and watching brief were undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology between November 2014 and February 2015 on land at Lynt Farm, Upper Inglesham, Wiltshire. Two excavation areas were targeted upon archaeological features identified during preceding archaeological evaluation by geophysical survey and trial trenching. An archaeological watching brief was subsequently undertaken during groundworks associated with the excavation of access tracks, cable trenches and foundations for transformers. No features or deposits of archaeological interest were observed during those groundworks.

An isolated north-west/south-east Middle Bronze Age ditch was encountered within the southernmost excavation area. Fired clay and flint were recovered from the ditch.

Previous work Geophysical survey (PGC 14) Field evaluation (CA 2014)

Future work Solar Farm PROJECT LOCATION Site Location Upper Inglesham, Wiltshire Study area (M2/ha) 49.8ha Site co-ordinates (8 Fig Grid Reference) SU 2096 9602

PROJECT CREATORS Name of organisation Cotswold Archaeology Project Brief originator N/A Project Design (WSI) originator Cotswold Archaeology

Project Manager Simon Cox Project Supervisor Alistair Barber MONUMENT TYPE None SIGNIFICANT FINDS None PROJECT ARCHIVES Intended final location of archive Content (e.g. pottery, animal bone etc) Physical Swindon Museum and Art Gallery Ceramic, flint Paper Swindon Museum and Art Gallery Context sheets, trench recording forms, photo registers, drawings Digital Swindon Museum and Art Gallery Digital photos, survey data BIBLIOGRAPHY

CA (Cotswold Archaeology) 2014 Lynt Farm, Upper Inglesham, Wiltshire: Archaeological Excavation and Watching Brief. CA typescript report 15038

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PROJECT TITLE Lynt Farm, Upper Inglesham, Wiltshire

Swindon FIGURE TITLE Site location plan Wiltshire 0 1km

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N Cirencester 01285 771022 Milton Keynes 01908 564660 Cotswold Andover 01264 347630 site boundary Geophysical survey results Archaeology w www.cotswoldarchaeology.co.uk (PCG 2014) e [email protected] Exclusion zone PROJECT TITLE Excavation area Lynt Farm, Upper Inglesham, Wiltshire Observed groundworks FIGURE TITLE Excavation areas and observed previous evaluation trench groundworks, showing previous evaluation trenches and geophysical proposed transformer base survey greyscale plot 0 300m DRAWN BY LJH PROJECT NO. 5146 FIGURE NO. Reproduced from Ordnance Survey digital mapping with the permission CHECKED BY DB DATE 25/02/15 of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office c Crown copyright Cotswold Archaeology Ltd 100002109 APPROVED BY SC SCALE@A4 1:6,000 2 N

pit 507 pit pit 511 505 buried soil 502

Area A, plan E E ditch 5007 pit posthole 5019 pit 5037 513 ditch ditch B 5021 posthole ditch A 518 ditch posthole 5023 516

ditch 5025 F F ditch ditch 5044 5027 pit limit of excavation C 5009 C ditch previous evaluation trench D 5005 ditch D 5029 archaeological feature pit pit 5013 archaeological intervention 5011 A pit deposit 5015 furrow A Ditch AA5017 and Pit 5015, looking south (0.2m scale) treethrow ditch 5017 Section AA pit 5031 B B N SE W pit 5035 79.0m treethrow AOD ditch 5041 5039

G natural 5002 5016 5018 ditch G 5003

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W E 79.5m AOD

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pit FIGURE TITLE 5031 Area A: plan, sections and photographs 01m

DRAWN BY LJH PROJECT NO. 5146 FIGURE NO. Pit 5031,AA looking north (0.5m scale) CHECKED BY DB DATE 06/02/15 APPROVED BY SC SCALE@A3 1:250 & 1:20 3 Area A, Ditch A

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PROJECT TITLE Lynt Farm, Upper Inglesham, Wiltshire

FIGURE TITLE Areas A and B: sections

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Area B, plan

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FIGURE TITLE Area B: plan, sections and photograph Ditch 6007, looking north-west (0.2m & 1m scales) AA

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