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

Land adjacent to Deane's Hurst, Berrick Salome, Oxfordshire

Archaeological Watching Brief

by Andy Mundin

Site Code: DHO14/219

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DHO 14/219 N Land adjacent to Deane's Hurst, Berrick Salome, Oxfordshire, 2015 Archaeological Watchign Brief Figure 2. Detailed location of site..

Reproduced from Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping under licence. Crown copyright reserved. Scale 1:2500 94450

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N Land adjacent to Deane's Hurst, Berrick Salome, Oxfordshire, 2015 Archaeological Watching Brief

Figure 3. Location of observed area.

0 25m Garage footing

ESE WNW 55.63maOD

Dark brown silty loam (Topsoil) base of topsoil strip

Light brown silty clay (Subsoil)

Light brown grey clay (Natural geology)

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House footing - Northern end E W

Dark brown silty loam (Topsoil)

Brown light grey clay (modern made ground/fill)

Dark grey brown silty clay (modern made ground/fill)

Light grey clay and gravel (natural geology)

House foot Land adjacent to Deane's Hurst, Berrick Salome, Oxfordshire, 2015 Archaeological Watching Brief

Figure 4. Representative section.

0 1m Plate 1. House footing under excavation, looking north-east towards Deane's Hurst.

Plate 2. Representative section of house foundation trench, looking south, Scales: 1m. DHO 14/219 Land adjacent to Deane's Hurst, Berrick Salome, Oxfordshire, 2015 Archaeological Watching Brief Plates 1 - 2. 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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