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Peasemore Landscape Archaeology Project
This community landscape archaeology project is a
multi-disciplinary investigation into the past of a parish nestled in the foothills of the
Berkshire Downs. Peasemore is a small village located about 6 miles north of Newbury, with
a fascinating history. The village is located around an 'enclosure' feature which the
Group was initially invited to investigate in 2003.
Since then the project has grown into a large-scale investigation
into the archaeology of the parish involving local people and run in partnership with the
Parish Council and West Berkshire Heritage Service. The Project has recently been given a
significant boost with the award of grant funding from the Local Heritage Initiative. Each
of the sections below sets out progress to date in the main workstreams of the project.
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Project Aims & Research Questions
Find out more about how the project is run and the research questions which we are trying
to answer |
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Fieldwalking
BARG has conducted two major fieldwalking excercises to date, resulting in the collection
of significant quantities of prehistoric worked flint. |
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Hedgerows
BARG has been conducting a survey of the tree/shrub species, height and structure, wood
relic flora and earthworks associated with hedgerows in Peasemore. Read more about the
survey here. |
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Test Pits
Details of the project to dig a series of 1m x 1m 'test pits' in gardens in the village,
looking for evidence of the medieval origin and development of the village. |
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Geophysics
Find out about resistivity surveys carried out in the parish and plans for future work
using the group's magnetometry equipment |
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The 'enclosure'
See the results of BARG's research so far into the function and origin of the 70 acre
'enclosure' feature, which is marked out by a circular pattern of lanes to the south of
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Contact Details:
The Co-Project Managers for the Peasemore Landscape Archaeology Project are Dr Steve
Clark and Graham Johnson. To contact the project please send an email to mail@barg-online.org
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