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Ludgershall 



26 Castle Street (SU 263 512); Medieval and Post- 

 Medieval 



Archaeological supervision by Bernard Phillips of 

 machine and hand cutting of a foundation trench 

 resulted in the discovery of a 1 9th-century pit and 

 a large 12th- or 13th-century ditch. The ditch had 

 seemingly been recut several times, culminating in 

 a much smaller ditch that produced 17th-century 

 pottery. 



Lydiard Tregoze 



Lydiard Park (SU 1 027 8485); Medieval and Post- 

 Medieval 



Investigation of the walled garden at Lydiard Park, 

 following an application to construct a plant 

 nursery, revealed that much of the Georgian garden 

 layout survives. Bedding trenches, paths, and a 

 probable tree-planting pit were amongst the features 

 located. Alterations and additions to the layout 

 culminated in a Victorian kitchen garden. Beneath 

 the garden a ditch, pig burial and an occupation 

 layer attest to late medieval settlement. The work 

 was undertaken by Bernard Phillips. 



Marlborough 



Axford to Forest Hill Watermain (SU 2200 7700/ 

 SU 2055 6850); Prehistoric/Roman 

 CAT undertook a watching brief during the laying 

 of a pipeline. A small assemblage of struck flint was 

 recovered and the line of the Roman road running 

 north from Cunetio was identified. 



Marlborough Mound (SU 1837 6866); Medieval 

 and Post-Medieval 



Following the preparation of an archaeological desk- 

 based assessment, Wessex Archaeology undertook 

 limited archaeological investigation on the 

 Marlborough Mound, located within the grounds 

 of Marlborough College. The Royal Commission 

 on the Historical Monuments of England 

 (RCHME) was also commissioned to produce a 

 measured survey of the monument. 



The Marlborough Mound is a Scheduled 

 Monument (Wiltshire No. 321) which has been well 

 documented from the medieval period onwards. 

 The mound formed the motte of a motte-and-bailey 

 castle from at least the middle of the 1 2th century 

 and was later incorporated into extensive garden 

 works in the 17th century. It has been supposed 



that the construction of the brick Belvedere, on the 

 south-east face of the mound, dates to this period. 

 The archaeological works were undertaken as part 

 of the College's intention, aided by a benefactor, 

 to consolidate and return the monument to a stable 

 condition. 



Elevations and sections were drawn within the 

 Belvedere, recording the nature and current 

 condition of the structure. The relationship between 

 the Belvedere and the spiral pathway was 

 established through hand-excavation of a test-pit 

 at the front of the Belvedere. On the north-west 

 face of the mound, a section of an exposed scar 

 was drawn, recording the profile and structure of 

 the mound at this level. No excavation of in situ 

 mound material took place. 



Marlborough College New Music School (SU 18 

 68); Medieval and Post-Medieval 

 The site of the new Music School lies on the south 

 side of the Mount, the remains of a motte-and- 

 bailey castle which may have had its origins as a 

 prehistoric monument. Both the motte and the 

 former base court (lower bailey) to the south were 

 subsequently refashioned to form a formal garden 

 in the 18th century. The new building occupies the 

 area of the former College swimming pool, 

 developed from a watercourse which had originally 

 been the castle moat, later to become an 18th- 

 century water garden feature. An archaeological 

 watching brief undertaken intermittently by AC 

 archaeology observed the demolition of the pool 

 base and associated buildings, and the excavation 

 of foundations and piling for the new structure. No 

 archaeological features or finds were observed, only 

 modern (disturbed) horizons surviving above the 

 waterlogged levels. 



Waitrose Supermarket, High Street (SU 1885 

 6905); Post-Medieval 



An archaeological watching brief was undertaken 

 by Wessex Archaeology during ground works 

 associated with the construction of an extension to 

 the Waitrose supermarket. The site provided an 

 opportunity to examine the nature of tenements 

 fronting on to the High Street and associated with 

 the medieval development of the town. 

 Observations recorded evidence of pits and a ditch, 

 showing that the site lay to the rear of the tenements 

 which had been laid out along a gravel terrace of 

 the River Kennet. The archaeological features were 

 probably of post-medieval date, suggesting that the 

 street was well developed by that time, although 



