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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Alverstone Marshes Iron Age track / causewayCountry: England County: Isle of Wight Type: Ancient Trackway
Nearest Town: Sandown Nearest Village: Alverstone
Map Ref: SZ577856
Latitude: 50.667218N Longitude: 1.184914W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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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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