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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Blackstone Iron Age SettlementCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.833 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Worcestershire Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Kidderminster Nearest Village: Bewdley
Map Ref: SO791735
Latitude: 52.359156N Longitude: 2.308318W
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 |
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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 |
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Ancient Settlement in Worcestershire. Aerial photography in 1957 resulted in the discovery of a rectangular double-ditched enclosure overlooking the Severn floodplain near Bewdley, Worcestershire (UK). Excavation in the 1970s, in advance of gravel extraction, provided limited evidence of Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age activity prior to occupation in the later Iron Age, when the enclosure was established.
This comprised a ditch and bank, and later a palisade and ditch, with single and double portal gateways respectively, and with buildings internally. Pottery and briquetage indicate trading links with the wider region, respectively with west and north Worcestershire, and with Droitwich. The main Iron Age occupation is dated from the 2nd century into the 1st century BC.
By the 3rd-4th centuries AD the site was apparently cultivated, as small quantities of Romano-British pottery were scattered across it, probably as a result of manuring arable fields associated with a nearby, but as yet unlocated, settlement. Similarly, in the medieval and post-medieval periods a thin scatter of finds in the overlying soils indicated further agricultural activity.
A.M. Hunt commenced excavation in 1972 on behalf of the Avon-Severn Valleys Research Project (DoE-funded). Pits and evidence of structures were found in addition to the ditches, and an Iron Age date was postulated.
In July-August 1973 a second season was funded in the same way, with the director now being employed by Hereford and Worcester County Council.
In August-September 1977 a third season was funded almost entirely by the Manpower Services Commission, with the director now being employed by the Dorset Institute of Higher Education (from 1992 Bournemouth University).
In this last season prior to the destruction of the site, it was recognised that, while total excavation of the site was desirable, it was impossible within the limitations of the financial (and other) resources available. By the end of the 1977 season a total area of about 2500m² had been excavated, amounting to about one-third of the site.
Reserves at both quarry sites are now exhausted and the area has, in the main, been restored to agricultural use, currently (2007) as a pasture field.
Read more in the latest issue of Internet Archaeology.
[Who are moving to 'Open Access' to papers where they can - hooray! - MegP Ed].
Note: Full archaeological report in the latest issue of Internet Archaeology.
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