Wanborough, near the modern town of Swindon, was a thriving small Roman town located on Ermin Street that stretched between Cirencester and Silchester. This report summarises the 1966-76 excavations that took place in advance of development and presents the finds (coins, metal objects, pottery, tiles, domestic and personal items), as well as the archaeological sequence dating from the 1st to 4th century AD. Evidence from Wanborough tells the story not only of the town itself, but is also indicative of the function and importance of Ermin Street itself.

The Romano-British Small Town at Wanborough, Wiltshire: Excavations 1966-1976 (Britannia Monographs)

History

Fitzpatrick, A. P.

Anderson, Alastair Scott

Wacher, John S.

Ancient Civilizations

Roman Society Publications

In late 2000, during one of the wettest winters on record, Oxford Wessex Archaeology were commissioned by the construction consortium CAMBBA, on behalf of Midland Expressway Limited, to carry out the archaeological works associated with the construction of the new 44km M6 Toll motorway. The main phase of work was carried out during 2001, and by 2003 all investigations were complete, revealing 41 separate sites. Remains included Mesolithic flint scatters, isolated Neolithic pits and hollows, Bronze Age burnt mounds and Iron Age settlement enclosures. The Romano-British period was dominated by settlement and burials concentrated around Wall ( Letocetum ), Ryknield Street and Watling Street, whilst the Anglo-Saxons were notable by their absence from the results. Evidence for medieval settlement and agriculture was recorded at many sites, and in particular a Knights Templar fishpond complex at Wishaw. More recent standing structures were also recorded, including the northern dam for Hatherton Reservoir, Churchbridge Railway and Accommodation bridges and sections through the Cannock Extension and Wyrley and Essington Canals, vital elements of the post-medieval industrial heritage of the region.

The Archaeology of the M6 Toll 2000-2003 (Oxford Wessex Archaeology Monograph)

Booth, Paul

Powell, Andrew B.

Crockett, A. D.

Wessex Archaeology

Digging at the Gateway

Politics & Social Sciences

Phil

Welsh Ken Andrews

Archaeology

Oxford Wessex Archaeology

Describes excavations of a series of Neolithic-Roman sites along the route of the A30 bypass, including important Bronze Age and Iron Age sites. The report provides the first evidence in this area for round houses.

Prehistoric and Roman Sites in East Devon: the A30 Honiton to Exeter improvement DBFO, 1996-9 (Wessex Archaeology Report)

Butterworth, C. A.

Grove, J.

Trust for Wessex Archaeology

The Amesbury Archer and the Boscombe Bowmen: Early Bell Beaker burials at Boscombe Down, Amesbury, Wiltshire, Great Britain: Excavations at Boscombe Down, volume 1 (Wessex Archaeology Reports)

Found a few kilometres from Stonehenge, the graves of the Amesbury Archer and the Boscombe Bowmen date to the 24th century BC and are two of the earliest Bell Beaker graves in Britain. The Boscombe Bowmen is a collective burial and the Amesbury Archer is a single burial but isotope analyses suggest that both were the graves of incomers to Wessex. The objects placed in both graves have strong continental connections and the metalworking tool found in the grave of the Amesbury Archer may explain why his mourners afforded him one of the most well-furnished burials yet found in Europe. This excavation report contains a series of wide-ranging studies and scientific analyses by an array of experts and a discussion of the graves within their British and continental European contexts.

Found a few kilometres from Stonehenge, the graves of the Amesbury Archer and the Boscombe Bowmen date to the 24th century BC and are two of the earliest Bell Beaker graves in Britain. The Boscombe Bowmen is a collective burial and the Amesbury Archer is a single burial but isotope analyses suggest that both were the graves of incomers to Wessex. The objects placed in both graves have strong continental connections and the metalworking tool found in the grave of the Amesbury Archer may explain why his mourners afforded him one of the most well-furnished burials yet found in Europe. This excavation report contains a series of wide-ranging studies and scientific analyses by an array of experts and a discussion of the graves within their British and continental European contexts.

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