T H A M E S V A L L E Y ARCHAEOLOGICAL S E R V I C E S
Land adjacent to Keeper’s Cottage, Emmington, Oxfordshire
Archaeological Watching Brief
by David Sanchez
Site Code: KCE15/156
(SP 7424 0275)
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Reproduced from Ordnance Survey Explorer 181 at 1:12500 Ordnance Survey Licence 100025880 02800
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N Land adjacent to Keepers Cottage, Emmington. Oxfordshire, 2015 Archaeological Watching Brief Figure 2. Detailed location of site.
Reproduced from Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping under licence. Crown copyright reserved. Scale 1:1250 02800
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Figure 3. Location of trenches.
0 25m General section (northern)
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Chalk
Natural geology
Pond backfill section
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Dark grey sandy silt with CBM fragments (Pond backfill)
Natural geology
KCE 15/156b Land adjacent to Keepers Cottage, Emmington, Oxfordshire, 2015 Archaeological Watching Brief
Figure 4. Sections.
0 1m Plate 1. Site prior to works commencing, looking north.
Plate 2. Structure 52, looking north. Scale: 0.5m. KCE 15/156b Land adjacent to Keepers Cottage, Emmington, Oxfordshire, 2015 Archaeological Watching Brief Plates 1 - 2. Plate 3. Section through pond backfill, looking south west, Scale: 0.5m.
Plate 4. Section through northern end of site, looking south west, Scales: 1m and 0.5m. KCE 15/156b Land adjacent to Keepers Cottage, Emmington, Oxfordshire, 2015 Archaeological Watching Brief 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
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