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Late prehistoric settlement and post-medieval industrial activity on the route of the A3 Hindhead Improvement Scheme

Late prehistoric settlement and post-medieval industrial activity on the route of the A3 Hindhead Improvement Scheme
Late prehistoric settlement and post-medieval industrial activity on the route of the A3 Hindhead Improvement Scheme
A programme of archaeological works, undertaken in advance of improvements to the A3 London to Portsmouth road at Hindhead, Surrey, saw the investigation of 21 mitigation sites along the proposed 6.7km route between Bramshott Common and Thursley.
Although archaeological remains were relatively sparse along much of the route, a number of discoveries were made that add to the known archaeology of this part of Surrey. These included residual Neolithic finds, and the discovery of a small Middle/Late Bronze Age settlement towards the northern end of the route.
The examination of peat deposits in Boundless Copse demonstrates initial formation in the Early–Middle Saxon period, and contains a record of local heathland expansion, development of beech woodland and increase of pastoral activity during the Late Saxon/medieval period. Field boundaries and land use divisions of probable post-medieval date were examined at various points along the route, and a number of lime kilns, shown to date from the early 17th to early 18th centuries, were excavated.
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Thompson, Steve, Manning, Andrew, Barnett, Catherine, Chandlet, John, Grant, Michael J., Leivers, Matt, Mepham, Lorraine, Norcott, David, Stevens, Chris J. and Wyles, Sarah F. (2014) Late prehistoric settlement and post-medieval industrial activity on the route of the A3 Hindhead Improvement Scheme. Surrey Archaeological Collections, 98, 1-27.

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A programme of archaeological works, undertaken in advance of improvements to the A3 London to Portsmouth road at Hindhead, Surrey, saw the investigation of 21 mitigation sites along the proposed 6.7km route between Bramshott Common and Thursley.
Although archaeological remains were relatively sparse along much of the route, a number of discoveries were made that add to the known archaeology of this part of Surrey. These included residual Neolithic finds, and the discovery of a small Middle/Late Bronze Age settlement towards the northern end of the route.
The examination of peat deposits in Boundless Copse demonstrates initial formation in the Early–Middle Saxon period, and contains a record of local heathland expansion, development of beech woodland and increase of pastoral activity during the Late Saxon/medieval period. Field boundaries and land use divisions of probable post-medieval date were examined at various points along the route, and a number of lime kilns, shown to date from the early 17th to early 18th centuries, were excavated.

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Published date: 2014
Organisations: Geology & Geophysics

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Local EPrints ID: 375229
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/375229
ISSN: 0309-7803
PURE UUID: 191c7ee7-a7e3-4065-969a-dfbfe617ba16
ORCID for Michael J. Grant: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4766-6913

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Date deposited: 17 Mar 2015 09:17
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:49

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Author: Steve Thompson
Author: Andrew Manning
Author: Catherine Barnett
Author: John Chandlet
Author: Matt Leivers
Author: Lorraine Mepham
Author: David Norcott
Author: Chris J. Stevens
Author: Sarah F. Wyles

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