Type

Monument

Title / Name

Medieval Holloway and Ditches, Shaw Farm

Summary

Medieval settlement earthworks excavated in 1982-83 and 1984.

Description

Settlement earthworks along Shaw Road SE of modern village and around Upper Shaw Farm. Excavation in Shaw Farm area by the Swindon Work Opportunity Programme team in 1982-3.

HOLLOW WAY; BUILDING; FIELD BOUNDARY; RIDGE AND FURROW; MIDDEN; ENCLOSURE, Roman to Medieval (43 to 1539)

Source Detail: Gover, J. E. B., Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M., 1939

Title: The Place Names of Wiltshire

Summary: Publication Source ID: SWI12252

Additional Information: Cambridge University Press 16

Description: Shaghe in AD1332.

Source Detail: No Originator information., 1984

Title: Medieval Archaeology - Volume 27 (Master)

Summary: No summary information. Source ID: SWI18221

Additional Information: Medieval Archaeology Volume 27

Description: Two small excavations in 1984 of an enclosure at the paddock and boundary ditches at Martins Hill.

Source Detail: County Archaeology Service, Trowbridge,

Title: AER 1018-1019

Summary: No summary information. Source ID: SWI1860

Source Detail: County Archaeology Service, Trowbridge,

Title: AER 1023-1026

Summary: No summary information. Source ID: SWI1862

Source Detail: County Archaeology Service, Trowbridge,

Title: AER 1085-1090

Summary: No summary information. Source ID: SWI1871

Source Detail: County Archaeology Service, Trowbridge,

Title: AER 1093

Summary: No summary information. Source ID: SWI1875

Source Detail: Thamesdown Archaeological Unit, 1987

Title: Shaw

Summary: Fieldwork Source ID: SWI19259

Source Detail: County Archaeology Service, Trowbridge,

Title: AER 273-278

Summary: No summary information. Source ID: SWI2276

Source Detail: County Archaeology Service, Trowbridge,

Title: AER 985-7

Summary: No summary information. Source ID: SWI2530

Source Detail: Wessex Archaeology, 2008

Title: Shaw Ridge Primary School - Newbuild Ridge Green, Shaw, Swindon

Summary: Excavation - Full report Source ID: SWI25423

Additional Information: Wessex Archaeology

Source Detail: County Archaeology Service, Trowbridge,

Title: AER/C/546-51

Summary: Aerial Photograph slide Source ID: SWI2706

Source Detail: Historic England, Various

Title: National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) Entry

Summary: Data held by the NRHE database. The data is made available and licenced under the Open Government Licence version 3. Source ID: SWI29488

Description: SU 11928519: Settlement earthworks have been identified at Upper Shaw Farm, Lydiard Millicent. An earthwork survey, carried out in 1982, identified settlement features, field boundaries, hollow ways and ridge and furrow. Excavations, carried out at the centre of the complex, revealed Romano British and Medieval settlement features. Excavations have also been carried out elsewhere within the settlement complex - earthworks of a hollow way and platform were investigated at Martins Hill (SU 11758517) and an enclosure and Medieval midden identified at The Paddock (SU 11938535).

Source Detail: Council for British Archaeology, 1985

Title: Council for British Archaeology Group 12: Newsletter April 1985

Summary: No summary information. Source ID: SWI30680

Description: Martins Hill (SU 1175 8517). Holloway with a road surface and drainage ditches.

Source Detail: No Originator information., 1984

Title: Britannia - Volume 15 (master)

Summary: Publication Source ID: SWI808

Additional Information: Britannia Volume 15

Source Detail: No Originator information., 1981

Title: The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine - Volume 76 (master)

Summary: Publication Source ID: SWI976

Additional Information: The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine Volume 76