An excavation in 2010–12 on the site of the former Ministry of Defence (MoD) Headquarters in Durrington, Wiltshire, revealed evidence spanning the post-glacial to the post-medieval periods. It lies immediately north-east of the Stonehenge part of the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites World Heritage Site. The significant discoveries made during the excavation include a relatively deeply buried Late Glacial Allerød soil, and a zone of Late Neolithic activity centred on a number of natural solution hollows, posthole alignments and pit groups. The Late Iron Age defences, probably constructed in the immediate pre-Conquest period and decommissioned soon after, influenced the layout of early Romano-British fields and settlement activity. This report describes the site, and places it in its local context. Reports on the finds, dating and environmental remains are also presented.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Plates
• List of Tables
• Acknowledgements
• Abstract
• Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Location, topography, geology and soils
  • Archaeological and historical background
• Chapter 2: Late Glacial
• Chapter 3: Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age
  • Late Neolithic
    • Posthole alignments
    • Pits
    • Natural hollows
  • Early Bronze Age
• Chapter 4: Iron Age
  • Middle Iron Age
    • Grave 5206
    • Feature 5642
    • Grave 6548
    • Grave 7530/feature 5187
    • Other Middle Iron Age evidence
    • Feature 7280
  • Late Iron Age
    • ‘Enclosure’ ditch and bank
• Chapter 5: Romano-British and post-Roman
  • Early Romano-British
    • Ditch 6203
    • Trackway
    • Field ditches
    • Pits
    • Feature 5530
    • Solution hollow 6513
    • Solution hollow 6257
    • Ovens/driers
    • Pottery kilns
  • Middle/Late Romano-British
    • Burials
    • Other features
  • Medieval, post-medieval and modern
• Chapter 6: Finds
  • Worked flint by Matt Leivers
    • Introduction
    • Results
  • Burnt flint by R. H. Seager Smith
  • Stone
    • Neolithic stone objects by Phil Harding and Rob Ixer
    • Other stone objects by R.H. Seager Smith
  • Early prehistoric pottery by Matt Leivers
    • Grooved Ware
    • Other early prehistoric sherds
    • Discussion
  • Later prehistoric, Romano-British and later pottery by R. H. Seager Smith
    • Iron Age
    • Latest Iron Age/Romano-British (1st-4th centuries AD)
    • Medieval and later sherds
  • Fired clay by R. H. Seager Smith
  • Coins by Nicholas Cooke
  • Metalwork by R. H. Seager Smith
    • Personal items
    • Household
    • Agricultural/horticultural items
    • Fastenings and fittings
    • Metalworking waste
    • Items of post-Roman date
    • Discussion
  • Slag by R. H. Seager Smith
  • Glass by R. H. Seager Smith
  • Worked bone by R. H. Seager Smith
  • Building materials by R. H. Seager Smith
  • Human bone by Jaqueline I. McKinley
    • Introduction
    • Taphonomy
    • Demographic data
    • Skeletal indices and non-metric traits/morphological variations
    • Pathology
    • Pyre technology and cremation ritual
  • Animal bone by L. Higbee
    • Introduction
    • Late Neolithic
    • Early to Middle Bronze Age
    • Middle to Late Iron Age
    • Romano-British
    • Medieval to modern
    • Discussion and conclusions
  • Shell by R. H. Seager Smith
• Chapter 7: Environmental evidence
  • Charred plant remains by Sarah F. Wyles and Chris J. Stevens
    • Late Neolithic
    • Romano-British
  • Charcoal by Dana Challinor
    • Late Neolithic
    • Iron Age and Romano-British
  • Radiocarbon dating by Alistair J. Barclay
    • Late Neolithic post settings and cremation burial
    • Iron Age burials and enclosure ditch
    • Animal bone deposits
• Chapter 8: Discussion
  • Late Neolithic
  • Iron Age
  • Romano-British and post-Roman
• Bibliography