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<< Text Pages >> Blackstone Iron Age Settlement - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Worcestershire

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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Blackstone Iron Age Settlement
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 7.436 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:
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.
no data 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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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].

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SO7873 : The side of the Severn Valley by Bill Boaden
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SO7873 : The Severn Way near Ribbesford by Bill Boaden
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SO7873 : Wooded ridge near Blackstone Rock by Philip Halling
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SO7873 : Woodland near the east bank of the River Severn by Mat Fascione
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SO7873 : River Severn South Of Bewdley by Peter Whatley
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Archaeologist unearths secrets from Blackstone by bat400 on Thursday, 04 November 2010
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Submitted by coldrum --- A WORCESTERSHIRE County Council officer has made history by uncovering the secrets of a Iron-Age settlement near Bewdley in an international archaeological journal.

Archaeologist Derek Hurst is one of a handful of non-academics to have had his work published in the genre, which is usually reserved for university-based scholars.

His report, which has appeared in The Council for British Archaeology's online journal Internet Archaeology thanks to funding from English Heritage, charters the excavation of a site at Blackstone, which took place in the 1970s.

Mr Hurst, senior project manager, said: "Not many pre-Roman sites have been excavated so it was really exciting to have the chance to work on this project which offers a snapshot into how our ancestors lived in the past.

"There are so many advantages of having such findings published in this cost-effective way which allows us to reach a far wider and diverse audience than ever before.

"Traditionally seen as something of a 'closed book', archaeology is becoming ever more flexible and accessible."

Judith Winters, Internet Archaeology editor, added: "This project serves as an example of how archaeological thinking and expression has changed in 40 years.

“And with publication costs being met by English Heritage, the article is now freely available online and will reach an audience way beyond it could ever have achieved in print.”

To read the report visit intarch.co.uk

For more, see http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/worcestershire/8370160.Archaeologist_unearths_secrets_from_Blackstone/?.
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