EXCAVATIONS IN 1999 ON LAND ADJACENT TO WAYSIDE FARM, DEVIZES 



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S 



3000 



3031 



3036 



3030 



3015 



F3099/Seg 3029 



F3034/Seg 3035 



NE 



F3099/Seg 3042 



Fig. 4 : Selected sections of linear features Area 1 



Discrete features 



A cluster of eight probable Iron Age pits was present 

 in the northwest portion of this area (Figure 3). All 

 were approximately circular in plan, up to a 

 maximum diameter of 1 .4m. The excavated profiles 

 (Figure 5) were either vertically cut or 'bell-like', 

 on to a flat base with a maximum depth of 0.7m. 

 With the exception of F3006, the fills varied only 

 slightly, generally composed of mottled greenish- 

 brown or sometimes orange-brown sandy silts, with 

 sparse chert and charcoal coarse components. The 

 fill of F3006 (context 3007 on Figure 5) was much 

 more humic in composition, a dark brown sandy- 

 silt with more frequent components of burnt 

 greensand and charcoal. Only two of these pits were 

 intercutting, which indicates that the majority may 

 be considered to be broadly contemporaneous. The 

 presence of charred grain from some of these 



features (see below) might suggest that at least some 

 may have originated as storage pits. 



Other less substantial and more irregularly 

 spaced pits or features were located in Area 1 . Some 

 of these (e.g. F3020, F3024 F3058) may be storage 



Plate 1 : Initial cleaning of Area 1 (view from southwest) 



