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Monument Number 190630
Hob Uid: 190630
Location : Somerset Somerset West and Taunton Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : ST2490025500
Summary : Iron Age occupation and Medieval settlement (site).
More information : ST 249255. Iron Age occupation and an extensive Medieval settlement were revealed by excavation. The site, bisected by the A38 road, was demarcated by a ditch 2.0m wide and 1.5m deep with a slight internal bank (enclosing an area circa 150m by 75m). The earliest features were linear ditches and nebulous pits associated with earlier Iron Age pottery. The moated Medieval settlement included ditches and timber structures of at least five successive phases. One structure, 20m by 15m, appeared to be an aisled timber building. Pottery indicates an Iron Age date and an almost continuous occupation during the Medieval and post Medieval periods. (1-2)

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Source details : CBA Gps 12 & 13 Arch Rev 7 1972 7
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Source details : Motorway Memo 4 Winter 1972 8
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Monument Period Name : Iron Age
Display Date : Iron Age
Monument End Date : 43
Monument Start Date : -800
Monument Type : Settlement
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Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Moat, Settlement
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External Cross Reference Number : ST 22 NW 19
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Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1972-01-01
End Date : 1972-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 190630