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Along Prehistoric Lines

Neolithic, Iron Age and Romano-British Activity at the Former MOD Headquarters, Durrington, Wiltshire

Steve Thompson and Andrew B. Powell

Along Prehistoric Lines

Neolithic, Iron Age and Romano-British Activity at the Former MOD Headquarters, Durrington, Wiltshire

Steve Thompson and Andrew B. Powell

with contributions by

Alistair J. Barclay, Dana Challinor, Nicholas Cooke, Phil Harding,

L. Higbee, Rob Ixer, Matt Leivers, Jacqueline I. McKinley,

R. H. Seager Smith, Chris J. Stevens and Sarah F. Wyles

Illustrations by

Will Foster and S. E. James

Wessex Archaeology Occasional Paper

2018

Published 2018 by Wessex Archaeology Ltd

Portway House, Old Sarum Park, Salisbury, SP4 6EB

www.wessexarch.co.uk

Copyright 2018 Wessex Archaeology Ltd

All rights reserved

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN 978-1-911137-04-7

eISBN 978-1-911137-05-4

Mobi ISBN 978-1-911137-07-8

Designed and typeset by Kenneth Lymer

Cover design by Will Foster

Copy-edited by Philippa Bradley

Front cover

Aerial view of Area 1 from the west, showing the line of the Late Iron Age enclosure ditch

Back cover

Northsouth line of Late Neolithic postholes, viewed from the north

Wessex Archaeology Ltd is a company limited by guarantee registered in England, company number 1712772. It is also a Charity registered in England and Wales number 287786, and in Scotland, Scottish Charity number SC042630. Our registered office is at Portway House, Old Sarum Park, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 6EB.

Contents

List of Figures

Chapter 1

Figure 1.1 Sites around Durrington mentioned in the text

Figure 1.2 Location of the site, showing major sites within the immediate vicinity

Figure 1.3 The site in relation to the earlier phases of evaluation

Chapter 2

Figure 2.1 Location of the Allerd soil

Figure 2.2 Section showing the Allerd soil sequence

Chapter 3

Figure 3.1 Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age features

Figure 3.2 Sections of selected postholes from post alignments

Figure 3.3 Section of Late Neolithic pit 7012

Figure 3.4 Solution hollow 6257

Figure 3.5 Hollow 7306

Chapter 4

Figure 4.1 Iron Age features

Figure 4.2 Iron Age graves

Figure 4.3 Late Iron Age ditch 6203, section 2002

Figure 4.4 Late Iron Age ditch 6203, sections 5199 and 5976

Chapter 5

Figure 5.1 Romano-British features in Area 1

Figure 5.2 Romano-British features in Areas 2 and 4

Figure 5.3 Trackway and associated features

Figure 5.4 Ditch 6229

Figure 5.5 Quarry pit group 6232

Figure 5.6 Storage pits

Figure 5.7 Subrectangular pits

Figure 5.8 Solution hollow 6513

Figure 5.9 Distribution of ovens/driers and pottery kilns

Figure 5.10 Oven 7245

Figure 5.11 Pottery kiln 7214

Figure 5.12 Graves 6511 and 7376

Figure 5.13 Medieval to modern features

Chapter 6

Figure 6.1 Worked flint (115)

Figure 6.2 Bluestone object (polished areas shown in tone)

Figure 6.3 Other stone and chalk objects (14)

Figure 6.4 Neolithic pottery (113)

Figure 6.5 Iron Age (12) and latest Iron Age/Romano-British pottery (332)

Figure 6.6 Romano-British pottery (3341)

Figure 6.7 Fired clay objects (17)

Figure 6.8 Metalwork (110)

Figure 6.9 Glass bead

Figure 6.10 Worked bone objects (18)

Figure 6.11 Romano-British: relative importance of livestock species by NISP, MNE, MNI and MWE

Figure 6.12 Romano-British: epiphyseal fusion data for sheep and cattle postcranial elements

Figure 6.13 Mortality profile for Romano-British sheep based on mandibles retaining 2+ teeth with recordable wear

Chapter 7

Figure 7.1 Probability distributions of radiocarbon dates for samples associated with the Neolithic posthole alignments and the cremation burial

Figure 7.2 Late Neolithic posts and burial: selected parameters based on the model presented in Figure 7.1

Figure 7.3 Radiocarbon results for selected Middle-Late Iron Age burials

Figure 7.4 Radiocarbon dates for enclosure ditch 6203

Figure 7.5 Radiocarbon dates for selected animal bone deposits plotted at 95% confidence

List of Plates

Chapter 1

Plate 1.1 Aerial view of Durrington, showing site under partial excavation, with Durrington Walls at bottom right (photo courtesy of Jack Gibbs and the Royal Navy)

Chapter 2

Plate 2.1 The Allerd soil visible in the eastern side of ditch 6203 (slot 5199), viewed from the west

Chapter 3

Plate 3.1 Late Neolithic posthole 6882, alignment 6260, viewed from the north-west, note remains of charred post (ON 187) in section

Plate 3.2 Late Neolithic posthole 5918, alignment 6255, viewed from the south

Plate 3.3 Late Neolithic pit 7012, viewed from the south-west

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