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Summary

Curving north-south linear feature seen in LiDAR data, probably a boundary bank and ditch and possibly related to a deer park

Monument Type(s):

• PARK PALE? (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
• WOOD BANK? (18th century - 1751 AD? to 1800 AD?)

Full Description

An apparently deep linear earthwork can be seen in LiDAR data modelling <1>, running down the east side of a small area of woodland called Hill's Pightle. This may have been the substantial bank and ditch observed informally by the HER officer in this wooded area in c2005, and possibly the curving feature could have been part of a deer park boundary (either Shaw or more likely Donnington). The southern part of Hill's Pightle was truncated by the construction of the Newbury bypass, and there is no indication of a boundary continuing further south than this.

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Associated Excavations and Fieldwork

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