T H A M E S V A L L E Y ARCHAEOLOGICAL S E R V I C E S
Baydon Valley Farm, Manor Lane, Baydon, Wiltshire
Archaeological Evaluation
by James McNicoll-Norbury
Site Code: BVF14/258
(SU 2864 7719)
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N D P P3 $Q N D P P3 "Q N D P N D P N D P P3 IQ N P P3 % SITE SWINDON Chippenham Calne Marlborough Bradford- upon-Avon Devizes Melksham Trowbridge Salisbury 78000 77000 SITE SU28000 29000 BVF 14/258 Baydon Valley Farm, Baydon, Wiltshire, 2015 Archaeological Evaluation Figure 1. Location of site in relation to Baydon and within Wiltshire. Reproduced from Ordnance Survey Explorer 157 at 1:12500 Ordnance Survey Licence 100025880 77500 77400 Manor Lane 77300 77200 SITE SU28500 28600 28700 BVF 14/258 Baydon Valley Farm, Baydon, Wiltshire, 2015 Archaeological Evaluation Figure 2. Detailed location of site. 77300 M a n o r L a n e 1 2 3 77200 6 5 footprint of proposed structures 4 7 8 SU48600 48700 BVF 14/258 N Baydon Valley Farm, Baydon, Wiltshire, 2015 Archaeological Evaluation Figure 3. Location of trenches. 0 50m Trench 1 Topsoil Clay with flints (natural geology) Trench 7 Topsoil Chalk(natural geology) BVF 14/258 Baydon Valley Farm, Baydon, Wiltshire, 2015 Archaeological Evaluation Figure 4. Representative sections. 0 1m Plate 1. Trench 1, looking east, Scales: horizontal 2m and 1m, vertical 0.1m. Plate 2. Trench 2, looking east, Scales: horizontal 2m and 1m, vertical 0.1m. BVF 14/258 Baydon Valley Farm, Baydon, Wiltshire, 2015 Archaeological Evaluation Plates 1 - 2. Plate 3. Trench 5, looking east, Scales: horizontal 2m and 1m, vertical 0.1m. Plate 4. Trench 6, looking east, Scales: horizontal 2m and 1m, vertical 0.1m. BVF 14/258 Baydon Valley Farm, Baydon, Wiltshire, 2015 Archaeological Evaluation Plates 3-4. 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 Tel: 0118 9260552 Fax: 0118 9260553 Email: [email protected] Web: www.tvas.co.uk