Wiltshire and Swindon Sites and Monument Record Information

SMR Number

SU19SW400

Site Name

Cricklade

Grid Ref

SU10029364

Parish

Cricklade

Photographs

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District

North Wiltshire

Site Type

Town

Period

Early Medieval (Saxon)

Scheduled Monument

AM323

Finds

Ceramics; Stone (building material);Animal bone

X Y Grid Ref

410020, 193640

Altitude

76.2 metres

Geology

Oxford Clay; Alluvium

Description

Saxon walled town producing quantities of pottery fragments. Excavation by Jeremy Haslam. Further excavation by Wessex Archaeology in 1990.

Details

A) A walled town. The wall construction consists of a large clay bank faced in places by a well built wall of stone and mortar. Quantities of Late Saxon pottery. B) St Mary's Church is positioned immediately inside the N wall, near the North gate of the town. C) Four hundred and forty-one pottery sherds were recovered from exposed archaeological deposits of the Saxon/Norman period during topsoil stripping for a playing field in 2003. Seventeen fabric types were identified, including rim types and colour. Most appeared to represent moderate sized cooking pots, although others demonstrated that there was a general increase in size throughout the period of time. Narrow handmade tall cooking pots in a generally coarse limestone fabric suggests that a potter's workshop was set-up in or near to the town early in its existance. A few storage jars, pitchers, cups and pans were also represented. Animal bones were also collected.

Sources

A) Victoria County History 1 1 61-2 1957 Grinsell, L.V.

Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 55, p181

Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 56, p162-658

Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 59, p188

Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 61, p36

Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 67, p61-111

Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 68, p135

Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 76, p77-81

Devizes Museum Wilts Cuttings 27 327

The Times 2/1/56 - Haslam in Devizes Museum Devizes Museum; Haslam, Jeremy

Finds from Wessex Archaeology Excavation deposited in Devizes Museum 1995.25 1995 Devizes Museum

Devizes Museum 1994.150 & 309 1994 Devizes Museum

B) Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 60, p75-84

B) Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 61, p38

B) Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 67, p106-

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