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| HER Number | MWB3846 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | AVINGTON V, Kintbury |
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Summary
LOCATED BY R FROOM. SITUATED AT THE END OF A HIGH BLUFF AND AT THE BEGINNING OF A LOW GRAVEL TERRACE. DAMAGED BY SMALL GRAVEL PIT AND AGRICULTURE. NOTABLY NO BLADES WERE FOUND. MOST OF THE FINDS WERE CORES.
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 01939.00.000
Monument Type(s):
Full Description
Froom describes Avington V as one of several sites he had located in the Avington District, although considerably higher than the rest being at the end of a high bluff at the beginning of the low gravel terrace, with a given grid reference of SU 368682 <1>. Stratigraphy exposed in a gravel pit showed top soil of 6 to 8 inches resting on clean gravel, and the archaeological site was therefore probably much damaged by cultivation. There was no real concentration of material, but finds included cores, core rejuvenating flakes, a side scraper and odd flakes but no blades. He suggested that there might be potential for pit dwellings in this situation.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Newbury District Field Club. 1963. TRANS NEWBURY DISTRICT FIELD CLUB 1963 VOL 11 NO 2. pp62-87 The Mesolithic around Hungerford Parts I, II and III by F R Froom. [Article in serial / SWB7018] |
| <02> | 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] |
| <03> | 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) |
| <04> | 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. P7. [Monograph / SWB10038]
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-281-1/dissemination/pdf/cba_rr_020.pdf (Accessed 07/10/2015) |
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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