Along Prehistoric Lines  
Neolithic, Iron Age and Romano-British activity at the former MOD Headquarters, Durrington, Wiltshire
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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.
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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.
Table of contents
  • 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
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