More information : (Area ; ST 9180 5720) (6) A field in Upper Ashton Field (named separately on Tithe Map), Keevil, is known as Couple or Coople Church Field (sited from Tithe Map) and is the traditional site of a church which was said to have served two parishes. The name occurs as Cople in 1630. The base of a cross now in Keevil churchyard is said to have been dug up in this field. In March 1913 foundations here were excavated by Lt W H Chamberlain. A rectangular building, 56' by 18' 6', orientated due E-W, with a transverse wall and buttress was found. Two skeletons were found on the south side and there is a tradition of a lead coffin having been found. Crawford refers to a ground flint axe having been found near the foundations in 1913 (3). Pet. Group Identn. No. 286 (Group 1a),now in Devizes Museum; presented by the Rev E P Knubley of Keevil. (1-6) Coople Church Field now forms part of a MOD airfield. There are no indications of the site of the chapel. (7)
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