The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, Volume 56Edward Hungerford Goddard Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1955 - Archaeology Includes proceedings of the annual general meetings of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. |
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Page 135
... Bank and Ditch . Most of the material dug out of the ditch seems to have been used to form an outer bank . So much of this had slid back into the ditch over the centuries , that it was not possible to observe whether the site of the bank ...
... Bank and Ditch . Most of the material dug out of the ditch seems to have been used to form an outer bank . So much of this had slid back into the ditch over the centuries , that it was not possible to observe whether the site of the bank ...
Page 142
... bank preserving a soil profile . The filling of the ditch was a clean yellow / grey loam containing a few streaks of chalk derived from the bank . Interpretation . No dating evidence has yet been obtained for Site VI , except that , as ...
... bank preserving a soil profile . The filling of the ditch was a clean yellow / grey loam containing a few streaks of chalk derived from the bank . Interpretation . No dating evidence has yet been obtained for Site VI , except that , as ...
Page 163
... bank built against a stone wall which held the bank in position and , at the same time , presented a formidable vertical face to a potential enemy . 66 It might have been expected that there would be a ditch immediately outside the wall ...
... bank built against a stone wall which held the bank in position and , at the same time , presented a formidable vertical face to a potential enemy . 66 It might have been expected that there would be a ditch immediately outside the wall ...
Contents
Fig 1 Site of the Strip Lynchets 13 Fig 2 Section through | 13 |
JUNE 1955 | 13 |
Strip Lynchets at Bishopstone Near Swindon Wilts | 13 |
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