T H A M E S V A L L E Y ARCHAEOLOGICAL S E R V I C E S

Ambarrow Hill, Sandhurst, Berkshire

Earthwork Survey

by James McNicoll-Norbury

Site Code: AHB14/16

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65000 Newbury Wokingham SITE

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SU81000 82000 83000 84000 AHB 14/161 Ambarrow Hill, Sandhurst, Berkshire, 2014 Archaeological Earthwork Survey Figure 1. Location of site within Sandhurst and Berkshire.

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Figure 2. Ambarrow Hill Earthworks

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AHB 14/161 N Ambarrow Hill, Sandhurst, Berkshire, 2014 Arcaheological Earthwork Survey

Figure 3. Norden's Map of Windsor Forest 1607 SITE

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Figure 4. Rocque's Map of Berkshire 1761 SITE

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Figure 5. Sandhurst Parish Enclosure Map of 1817 SITE

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Figure 6. Sandhurst Tithe Map of 1842 SITE

AHB 14/161 N Ambarrow Hill, Sandhurst, Berkshire, 2014 Arcaheological Earthwork Survey

Figure 7. First Edition Ordnance Survey - 1871 SITE

AHB 14/161 N Ambarrow Hill, Sandhurst, Berkshire, 2014 Arcaheological Earthwork Survey

Figure 8. Ordnance Survey Map - 1939 SITE

AHB 14/161 N Ambarrow Hill, Sandhurst, Berkshire, 2014 Arcaheological Earthwork Survey

Figure 9. LIDAR Survey Result Plate 1. Top of Ambarrow Hill [2] looking East Plate 2. Ambarrow Hill [2] (from base) looking North

Plate 3. Ambarrow Hill [2] (from top) looking west Plate 4. Possible Quarry Pit [6] looking south

AHB 14/161 Ambarrow Hill, Sandhurst, Berkshire, 2014 Archaeological Earthwork Survey Plates 1 - 4. Plate 5. Bank [8e] looking West Plate 6. Bank [8c] looking East, Scales: 1m and 0.50m

Plate 7. Bank [8a] looking East Plate 8. Bank [10] looking North, Scales: 1m and 0.50m

AHB 14/161 Ambarrow Hill, Sandhurst, Berkshire, 2014 Archaeological Earthwork Survey Plates 5 - 8. TIME CHART

Calendar Years

Modern AD 1901

Victorian AD 1837

Post Medieval AD 1500

Medieval AD 1066

Saxon AD 410

Roman AD 43 BC/AD Iron Age 750 BC

Bronze Age: Late 1300 BC

Bronze Age: Middle 1700 BC

Bronze Age: Early 2100 BC

Neolithic: Late 3300 BC

Neolithic: Early 4300 BC

Mesolithic: Late 6000 BC

Mesolithic: Early 10000 BC

Palaeolithic: Upper 30000 BC

Palaeolithic: Middle 70000 BC

Palaeolithic: Lower 2,000,000 BC Thames Valley Archaeological Services Ltd, 47-49 De Beauvoir Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5NR

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