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T H A M E S V A L L E Y ARCHAEOLOGICAL S E R V I C E S S O U T H W E S T Land at Knobsbury Lane, Writhlington, Radstock, Somerset Archaeological Evaluation by Andrew Weale Site Code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eston-super BATH -Mare Shepton Frome Minehead Mallet Bridgwater Glastonbury Wincanton Taunton 56000 Yeovil Chard SITE 55000 54000 SITE ST69000 70000 71000 KLW 15/05 Land at Knobsbury Lane, Writhlington, Radstock, Bath and North East Somerset, 2015 Archaeological Evaluation Figure 1. Location of site within Writhlington, Radstock and Bath and North East Somerset. Reproduced from Ordnance Survey Explorer 142 at 1:12500 Ordnance Survey Licence 100025880 FROME ROAD (A362) 54400 SITE KNOBSBURY LANE 54300 ST70200 70300 KLW 15/05 N Land at Knobsbury Lane, Writhlington, Radstock, Bath and North East Somerset, 2015 Archaeological Evaluation Figure 2. Detailed location of site at Knobsbury Lane. Reproduced from Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping under licence. Crown copyright reserved. Scale 1:1250 54400 e n F a ro L m y e r R u o b a s d b o n K 1 1 2 4 5 5 3,4 3 2 54300 9 8 7 6 ST70200 70300 KLW 15/05 N Land at Knobsbury Lane, Writhlington, Radstock, Bath and North East Somerset, 2015 Archaeological Evaluation Figure 3. Location of trenches and features examined. 0 100m Trench 1 20m 1 23m N Trench 3 N 13m 2 16m Trench 5 N 34 5 8m 11m 15m KLW 15/05 Land at Knobsbury Lane, Writhlington, Radstock, Bath and North East Somerset, 2015 Archaeological Evaluation Figure 4. Detail of trenches. 0 5m Trench 3 NS Trench 1 NW SE 134.07maOD 50 134.42m 52 51 53 1 2 Trench 5 WE 136.46m 54 55 3 4 Trench 5 SW NE 134.

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