{"id":12528,"date":"2025-04-12T07:25:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T06:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/?p=12528"},"modified":"2025-07-29T17:11:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T16:11:07","slug":"wickham-house-blog-day-7-10th-april-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/wickham-house-blog-day-7-10th-april-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Wickham House Blog \u2013 Day #7 (10th\u00a0April 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Part of a series of bulletins from the BAS excavations at Wickham House<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow the project on our YouTube channel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attendees:<\/strong>\u00a0Andrew H. Andrew R, Tim H, Tim L, Jean, Geoff and Keith<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The high-resolution earth resistance survey from Day #6 when processed revealed a number of anomalies to the south of the site aligned N-S rather than aligned NW-SE to the Roman Road which was an unexpected result as shown in Figure 1. Give that these features are across the Roman road it is likely that they represent a post-Roman phase of occupation and may have utilised the metalled road surface as a foundation for buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Figure 1. High-resolution earth resistance image from Day #6.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

To begin to investigate these new features as well as the Roman road and possible Roman period occupation on the NE side of the Roman road an 8n x 1m trench (2A) was opened across these features as shown in Figure 2. The turves were removed by hand and work began by Andrew H, Tim H and Nigel B to excavate the topsoil and determine the level of the first archaeological context. Sondages were opened across trench 2A to determine the depth of the upper archaeological deposits.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Figure 2. Location of Trench 2A.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Figure 3. Nigel, Andrew H and Tim H remove topsoil from Trench 2A.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

In Trench 1A work continued with Jean, Andrew R and Tim L to remove the pebble\/flint deposit to reveal the NW side of the ditch revealed on day #5. This took most of the day, but by late afternoon this was achieved. After a quick clean the ground was sprayed with water and covered to allow final cleaning to take place the following day.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Figure 3. Andrew R and Tim L reveal the NW side of the ditch in Trench 1A.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Part of a series of bulletins from the BAS excavations at Wickham House Follow the project on our YouTube channel Attendees:\u00a0Andrew H. Andrew R, Tim H, Tim L, Jean, Geoff and Keith The high-resolution earth resistance survey from Day #6 when processed revealed a number of anomalies to the south of the site aligned N-S … Continue reading Wickham House Blog \u2013 Day #7 (10th\u00a0April 2025)<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12528","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12538,"href":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12528\/revisions\/12538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}