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HER Number	MWB3867
Record Type	Monument
Name	WAWCOTT 30 (XXX), 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

Other Statuses and Cross-References

Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 01959.00.000
National Monuments Record No.: EHNMR-627998 English Heritage NMR Excavation Index for England
SU 41 67
National Monuments Record No.: SU 46 NW 8
SU 405 675

Monument Type(s):

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

Full Description

LOCATED BY R FROOM.

Sources and further reading

<01>	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)
<02>	Council for British Archaeology. 1973. CBA GROUP 9 NEWSLETTER 1973 3. 3. p12. [Article in serial / SWB9460] http://www.archaeologyuk.org/cbasm/index_htm_files/3%201973.pdf (Accessed 26/08/2015)
<03>	Council for British Archaeology. 1975. CBA GROUP 9 NEWSLETTER 1975 No 5. 5. p9. [Article in serial / SWB8042] http://www.cba-southmidlands.org.uk/CBA%20SMA/5%201975.PDF (Accessed 10/08/2012)
<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. P14. [Monograph / SWB10038] http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-281-1/dissemination/pdf/cba_rr_020.pdf (Accessed 07/10/2015)
<05>	Ashton, N and David, A (ed). 1994. Stories in Stone. p206-212 Wawcott XXX: an interim report on a Mesolithic site in Berkshire by Roy Froom et al. [Monograph / SWB147522]
<06>	Froom, F R. 2012. The Mesolithic of the Kennet Valley. p14-79. [Monograph / SWB148389]

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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