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<< Text Pages >> Dunston Park - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Berkshire

Submitted by Andy B on Wednesday, 13 November 2013  Page Views: 3576

Multi-periodSite Name: Dunston Park
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.559 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Berkshire Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
 Nearest Village: Thatcham
Map Ref: SU523681
Latitude: 51.409519N  Longitude: 1.24943W
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
3

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Iron Age Settlement in Berkshire

At Dunston Park an Iron Age round-house was associated with a cluster of finds. At Cooper's Farm nearby ironsmithing evidence from 7th century BC provides early evidence for this activity.

Ref: Early Settlement in Berkshire
Barnes, I.; Boismier, W. A.; Cleal, R. M. J.; Fitzpatrick, A. P.; Roberts, M. R.
Wessex Archaeology Ltd, 1995.
Four reports from excavations in the Thames and Kennet Valleys (three being developer funded rescue work) are presented, with most of the data on microfiche.

Also in this volume:

Statistical analysis of flint scatters at Maidenhead Thicket suggested the presence of two extraction areas and one residential site from the Late Neolithic.

Finally at Park Farm, Binfield a small rural settlement of 1st century BC to 2nd century AD with a large number of loomweights, and Mesolithic flint scatters were surveyed and processed.
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Ironworking in the Bronze Age? Evidence from a 10thC BC Settlement at Hartshill Copse by Andy B on Saturday, 18 May 2019
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Ironworking in the Bronze Age? Evidence from a 10th Century BC Settlement at Hartshill Copse, Upper Bucklebury, West Berkshire

Mark Collard (a1), Timothy Darvill (a2), Martin Watts (a1), Alex Bayliss, Mark Brett, Chris Bronk Ramsey, John Meadows, Elaine L. Morris, Hans Van Der Plicht and Tim Young

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0079497X0000089X

Excavations at Hartshill Copse in 2003 uncovered evidence for Late Bronze Age settlement, securely dated to the 10th century BC, associated with long alignments of closely set posts: prehistoric landscape features with few known parallels. Extensive sampling of the settlement remains yielded quantities of burnt flint and plain Post Deverel-Rimbury potsherds, and, quite unexpectedly, a substantial quantity of iron hammerscale. This paper presents the excavation data, with supporting dating evidence, and the results of detailed analysis of the metallurgical residues. It explores the spatial distribution of artefact types within the settlement, and presents an interpretative model for settlement use. The nature of the settlement, with its carefully planned use of space and close relationship with the post alignments, is then discussed. Together, all this provides conclusive evidence for the earliest ironworking site yet recognised in Britain. The paper concludes with a comprehensive discussion of early ironworking in its British and European context.

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0079497X0000089X

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https://web.archive.org/web/20190518191341/http://ls-tlss.ucl.ac.uk/course-materials/ARCL3096_74579.pdf
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