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in the base of one of the foundation pad trenches. 

 A deposit of greensand and brick rubble was 

 observed in the hole created when vegetation was 

 cleared. This rubble may have been used as hard 

 core for a path when the monument was 

 surrounded by formal gardens. 



Upton Lovell 



Upton Lovell G2a (ST 9586 4277); Early Bronze 

 Age 



The Upton Lovell G2a Early Bronze Age barrow 

 was originally excavated by William Cunnington in 

 the early 1800s. The material from the grave is 

 currently on display in the Wiltshire Heritage 

 Museum. Although subsequently ploughed out, and 

 recently de-scheduled by English Heritage, the site 

 was successfully relocated in 1999 using aerial 

 photographs and geophysical survey. The associated 

 topographical survey established that the site does 

 survive in the landscape, however minimally. This 

 was confirmed by field observation. 



Re-examination of a stone burnisher from the 

 grave group, identified by Stuart Piggott as including 

 a metalworker's toolkit, had confirmed the presence 

 before its burial of traces of gold of a similar 

 composition to objects found in contemporary Early 

 Bronze Age barrows (Shell 2000) . The purpose of 

 the re-excavation was to investigate whether 

 Cunnington had typically left the skeletal material 

 in the grave, and, if so, to recover it and any other 

 material in order to obtain radiocarbon dating 

 evidence and carry out chemical analysis to establish 

 the extent to which the individual may have been 

 involved in bronze metalworking. 



The excavation consisted of two small trenches 

 and an overall surface scrape, the latter to investigate 

 magnetic anomalies identified in the geophysical 

 survey. The larger of the trenches was positioned 

 to investigate the grave area, the other to examine 

 the ditch. 



Cunnington had, characteristically, left the 

 skeletal material in the grave pit. There was some 

 human bone present scattered in the lower fill, 

 though to which of the two skeletons recorded by 

 him as being present this belongs awaits the detailed 

 analysis. The re-examination of the grave provided 

 an interesting insight into Cunnington's respect for 

 the human remains he investigated. In the north- 

 west corner of the grave he carefully placed the more 

 robust bones, including the skull of what we believe 

 from his description to be the primary burial. 

 Around them was built a small chalk block wall, 



and the whole was covered by turves before 

 backfilling the grave pit. 



The work was undertaken by Colin Shell 

 (University of Cambridge) and Gill Swanton 

 (Bristol University) . The small field team included 

 WANHS Field Group members and Bristol 

 University Centre for the Historic Environment 

 students, all working with good humour in less than 

 desirable weather conditions. Mike Allen and Julie 

 Gardiner kindly took samples for palaeo- 

 environmental analysis, including early 1 9th century 

 turf- a perhaps rare example of a 'captured' insight 

 into the landscape 200 years ago. 



The landowners, the Nevill family, gave 

 permission to excavate, and provided practical 

 support in the form of a site store/personnel 

 accommodation and mechanised assistance in 

 clearing and backfilling the site. The project is 

 supported by a small grant from The British 

 Academy. 



Shell, C.A., 2000, Metalworker or Shaman: Early Bronze 

 Age Upton Lovell G2a burial. Antiquity 74, 271-2 



Warminster 



Harman Lines to Imber Clump Road (ST 9004 

 4674 to ST 9140 4794); Prehistoric 

 The archaeological monitoring of refurbishment to 

 1 .9km of concrete road between Vedette Post 2 and 

 Imber Clump Weapons Effect Demonstration site 

 was carried out during October and November 

 2000 by AC archaeology. The existing roadway 

 overlay a previously unmetalled track which had 

 evidently been the subject of considerable 

 disturbance and truncation. The only visible 

 archaeological features were noted in section within 

 a length of cutting, comprising an undated positive 

 lynchet and a probable linear feature containing 

 fragments of later Bronze Age pottery. The 

 improvements formed an extension to the Southern 

 Range Road construction programme and will be 

 incorporated in the archaeological report for those 

 works currently under preparation. 



Westbury 



Former Old Clinic, Edward Street (ST 873 513); 

 Medieval and Post-Medieval 



An archaeological field evaluation was carried out 

 on the former clinic site at Edward Street by AC 

 archaeology. Adjacent sites have previously 

 encountered significant evidence for medieval 



