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<< Text Pages >> Kingsmead Quarry - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Berkshire

Submitted by Andy B on Wednesday, 02 July 2008  Page Views: 6775

Multi-periodSite Name: Kingsmead Quarry
Country: England County: Berkshire Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Windsor  Nearest Village: Horton
Map Ref: TQ01307588
Latitude: 51.472825N  Longitude: 0.54288W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Neolithic House in Berkshire. Archaeologists have found the site of one of England’s oldest houses. The Stone Age house at Horton, close to Windsor Castle, is thought by experts to be well over 5,000 years old. The single story house at Horton was rectangular, some 10 metres long by 5 metres wide.

Dr Alistair Barclay of Wessex Archaeology said ‘this house is not big by today’s standards. But it was a dramatically different from the tents that people had been living in before.’

The walls of the house were probably made of split logs and the pitched roof would have been of reeds or grass. Two partition walls either side of a central passage divided the house into two. These walls could have supported an upper story or attic in parts of the house.

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Kingsmead Quarry
Kingsmead Quarry submitted by dodomad : An aerial view of the site of the Neolithic causewayed enclosure. Photo Credit: Wessex Archaeology (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kingsmead Quarry
Kingsmead Quarry submitted by Andy B : Three of the Early Neolithic houses discovered at Kingsmead Quarry, Horton Photo credit: Wessex Archeology (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
TQ0175 : Flats on Datchet Road, Horton by David Howard
by David Howard
©2014(licence)
TQ0175 : The Green, Horton by Stephen McKay
by Stephen McKay
©2024(licence)
TQ0175 : Houses near the green at Horton by David Martin
by David Martin
©2016(licence)
TQ0175 : Horton village green by David Howard
by David Howard
©2014(licence)
TQ0175 : Horton Village centre by Alan Hunt
by Alan Hunt
©2013(licence)

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