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Prehistoric, Romano-British and Medieval Occupation in the Frome Valley, Gloucestershire Martin Watts

Prehistoric, Romano-British and Medieval Occupation in the Frome Valley, Gloucestershire By Martin Watts

Prehistoric, Romano-British and Medieval Occupation in the Frome Valley, Gloucestershire by Martin Watts


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This volume contains the results of two archaeological projects undertaken within the Frome Valley, Gloucestershire. The first describes a Beaker pit and evidence for a Romano-British settlement at Foxes Field, Ebley Road, Stonehouse; the second details the remains of medieval enclosures and a fishpond at Rectory Meadows, Kings Stanley.

Prehistoric, Romano-British and Medieval Occupation in the Frome Valley, Gloucestershire Summary

Prehistoric, Romano-British and Medieval Occupation in the Frome Valley, Gloucestershire by Martin Watts

This volume contains the results of two archaeological projects undertaken within the Frome Valley, Gloucestershire. The first describes a Beaker pit and evidence for a Romano-British settlement at Foxes Field, Ebley Road, Stonehouse; the second details the remains of medieval enclosures and a fishpond at Rectory Meadows, Kings Stanley. There is little to connect the two sites, other than them being less than a mile apart, with the site at Foxes Field principally comprising an early Roman-British rural settlement and late Romano-British burial ground; and the site at Rectory Meadows featuring medieval paddocks and a late medieval pond. In fact, with Foxes Field also producing evidence for prehistoric occupation and for a post-medieval path and plough furrows, the two sites largely complement each other in terms of period representation. However, common to both sites is evidence, of just a few fragments of flue tiles, roof tiles and building rubble, to suggest that late Roman villas once stood nearby to both locations. It is the recurring presence of Romano-British remains from archaeological investigations in the Frome valley, often with such evidence for high-status buildings, which demonstrates just how populated this area was during the Roman period in Britain. The burials from Foxes Field, and in particular the close bond that can be implied between the man and woman found in the remarkable 'double' grave, serve to remind us that these discoveries are not just 'relics of a bygone age', but were once homes to real people who lived, loved and died beside the river Frome.

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GOR007253552
9780955353451
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Prehistoric, Romano-British and Medieval Occupation in the Frome Valley, Gloucestershire by Martin Watts
Used - Very Good
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Cotswold Archaeological Trust Ltd
2014-03-31
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