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HER Number	MWB3785
Record Type	Monument
Name	WAWCOTT 28 (XXVIII), Speen

Grid Reference	SU 412 676
Map Sheet	SU46NW
Parish	Speen, West Berkshire
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Summary

Mesolithic site discovered through observation of field surface material, although no real concentration

Other Statuses and Cross-References

Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 01879.00.000

Monument Type(s):

OCCUPATION SITE? (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Full Description

REVEALED BY PLOUGHING. NO REAL CONCENTRATION, BUT DESIGNATED A SITE BY R FROOM. THEORY BEING, SITE BELOW PLOUGH LEVEL.

Sources and further reading

---	Wymer, J J (ed). 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites in England and Wales with a Gazetteer of Upper Palaeolithic sites in England and Wales. 20. p16. [Monograph / SWB10038] http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-281-1/dissemination/pdf/cba_rr_020.pdf (Accessed 07/10/2015)
---	Newbury District Field Club. 1970. TRANS NEWBURY DISTRICT FIELD CLUB 1970 VOL 12 NO 1. pp58-67 The Mesolithic around Hungerford Part VI by F R Froom. [Article in serial / SWB10322]
---	Froom, F R. 2012. The Mesolithic of the Kennet Valley. p95-100. [Monograph / SWB148389]
---	Berkshire Archaeological Society. 1971-2. Berkshire Archaeological Journal 1971-72 66. 66. In ADS Journals. 10.5284/1000017. p20 Appendix I in Some Mesolithic Sites in south-west Berkshire by F R Froom. [Article in serial / SWB8663] http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/berks_bas_2007/journal.cfm?volume=66 (Accessed 11/11/2015)

Related Monuments

MWB3868

Kennet Valley mesolithic 'landscape' (Landscape)

Associated Excavations and Fieldwork

EWB603

Survey and excavation of Mesolithic sites around Hungerford

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