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<< Our Photo Pages >> Alverstone Marshes Iron Age track / causeway - Ancient Trackway in England in Isle of Wight

Submitted by ringpaw on Wednesday, 09 September 2009  Page Views: 9632

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Alverstone Marshes Iron Age track / causeway
Country: England County: Isle of Wight Type: Ancient Trackway
Nearest Town: Sandown  Nearest Village: Alverstone
Map Ref: SZ577856
Latitude: 50.667218N  Longitude: 1.184914W
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
5 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
4

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Alverstone Marshes Iron Age track / causeway
Alverstone Marshes Iron Age track / causeway submitted by ringpaw : Information board for Alverstone Marshes causeway archaeological dig. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Trackway in Isle of Wight

An archaeological dig at the site of a new conservation pond uncovered structures and artifacts from an Iron Age track & causeway, below a Roman road, with a Saxon causeway on top. The pond can be found next to the former railway line, now a cycle path, near the road bridge over the river Yar at the village of Alverstone at the edge of Alverstone Marshes (which is a protected conservation site). The information board is sited on a small waterworks building. None of the actual structures are visible, and work on and assessment of the site, which is considered to be of national importance, is still underway.
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Alverstone Marshes Iron Age track / causeway
Alverstone Marshes Iron Age track / causeway submitted by ringpaw : River Yar with excavation pond and old bridge in background. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Alverstone Marshes Iron Age track / causeway
Alverstone Marshes Iron Age track / causeway submitted by ringpaw : Pond (site of excavation) at Alverstone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Alverstone Marshes Iron Age track / caus by Anonymous on Sunday, 21 May 2023
The information board of the waterworks building is in need of replacement as it is ineligable. So are there any other photos of the potential wand found on last day please or a way to get in information that was in the waterworks board originally! Thx
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Re: Alverstone Marshes Iron Age track / caus by AngieLake on Thursday, 10 September 2009
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That was interesting, making a change from the usual items on Meg P.

There's a similar-sounding Time Team dig here:

http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/T/timeteam/yaver_dig.html
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