Wiltshire and Swindon Sites and Monument Record Information

SMR Number

SU24NE200

Site Name

W of Upper Newdown Copse

Grid Ref

SU26224799

Parish

Tidworth

Photographs

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District

Kennet

Site Type

Pits

Period

Iron Age

Finds

Ceramics

X Y Grid Ref

426220, 147990

Altitude

129.54 metres

Geology

Upper Chalk

Description

Iron Age pottery and pits found in 1915.

Details

A) Pit Dwellings and pottery found 1915, plotted by Ordnance Survey at SU26084800. B) Group of Iron Age pit dwellings, wheel-made soft, red pottery found Dec 1915. C) Iron Age A pottery collected by Mr Farrer. D) Area under rough pasture within rifle ranges, no further finds.

Sources

A) Ordnance Survey 6 inch Map 1925 Edition 1925 Ordnance Survey

B) OS SU24NE5 Ordnance Survey

C) Proceedings of the Hants Field Club Arch Soc Vol 14 p150-1 Proceedings of the Hants Field Club Arch Soc Vol 14 p150-1

D) Fldwk OS 1966 1966 Ordnance Survey

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