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Lorna Haycock and Bernard Nurse, librarians of 
Wiltshire Archaeological & Natural History 
Society and Society of Antiquaries respectively, 
sought out references for us and_ provided 
photocopies, as did Paul Robinson, curator, 
Wiltshire Heritage Museum, Devizes. John Evans 
provided information about his own research in the 
Wylye Valley. We thank David Field and Bruce 
Eagles for discussing their work with us, and 
allowing us to quote from their unpublished work, 
and for permitting us to use the survey of the 
Corton long barrow, carried out by the RCHME in 
1991 as part of their South Wiltshire earthworks 
project. Our thanks also Karen Nichols for 
producing figures 1 and 5 from our scrappy 
originals and to Rob Scaife who analysed the pollen 
samples. 
Archive 
Copies of this report together with the paper 
archive are deposited in Salisbury and South 
Wiltshire Museum, and Wiltshire Archaeological 
and Natural History Society Museum in Devizes. 
Copies of this manuscript have also been presented 
to the Corton and Boyton Millennium Committee. 
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