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: SKLW15/05
(ST 7020 5432)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Figure 5. Sections
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Figure 6. Location of trenches, in relation to geophysical anomalies.
0 100m Plate 1. Trench 1, looking north west, Scales: horizontal 2m and 1m, vertical 0.3m.
Plate 2. Trench 3, looking north, Scales: horizontal 2m and 1m, vertical 0.3m. KLW 15/05 Land at Knobsbury Lane, Writhlington, Radstock, Bath and North East Somerset, 2015 Archaeological Evaluation Plates 1 - 2. Plate 3. Trench 5, looking east, Scales: horizontal 2m and 1m, vertical 0.3m.
Plate 4. Trench 9, looking north west, Scales: horizontal 2m and 1m, vertical 0.3m. KLW 15/05 Land at Knobsbury Lane, Writhlington, Radstock, Bath and North East Somerset, 2015 Archaeological Evaluation Plates 3 - 4. Plate 5. Trench 1, cut 1, looking north west, Scales: horizontal 0.5m and 0.3m.
Plate 6. Trench 3, cut 2, looking north, Scales: 1m and 0.5m. KLW 15/05 Land at Knobsbury Lane, Writhlington, Radstock, Bath and North East Somerset, 2015 Archaeological Evaluation Plates 5 - 6. Plate 7. Trench 5, cut 3 and 4, looking north, Scales: horizontal 1m, vertical 0.5m and 0.3m.
Plate 8. Trench 5, cut 5, looking north west, Scales: 0.5m and 0.1m. KLW 15/05 Land at Knobsbury Lane, Writhlington, Radstock, Bath and North East Somerset, 2015 Archaeological Evaluation Plates 7 - 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