Eight Ring-ditches at Four Crosses, Llandysilio, Powys, 1981–85.

Warrilow, Walt; Owen, G. E.; Britnell, William; Bowmer, M.; Crew, Peter; Darvill, Timothy; Dresser, Paul; Green, H. S.; Milles, Annie; Morgan, Garry T.; Morgan, Lorraine A.; Needham, Stuart; Noddle, Barbara; Ryder, M. L.; Staddon, B. W.; Webster, Peter; Wilkinson, J.; Wimble, G.

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“…Coed-y-dinas also bears a superficial resemblance to the nearby henge-barrow at Dyffryn lane, Berriew, 3.5 km to the south. The dimensions of the present site compare well with sites 1 and 5 (phase 1) at Four Crosses, c. 14 km to the north-north-east (Warrilow et al 1986) although here the ditch circuits were continuous. 240), Dyffryn Lane has an external bank, internal ditch and central mound surviving as slight earthwork features.…”

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confidence: 69%

“…Iron Age smithing has been attested at the hillforts of the Breiddin (Musson 1991) and Llanymynech (Musson & Northover 1989) but also at the Bronze Age ritual complex of Four Crosses (Warrilow et al 1986) where it was suggested that a metalworking hearth in the upper silts of the ditch and dated to c. 198-149 BC may have been sited to utilize the slope afforded by the depression of the silted ditch and the rise of the remnant 1 9 0 9. A. Gibson, THE SARN-Y-BRYN-CALED CURSUS COMPLEX mound.…”

Section: The Development Of the Ritual Complexmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Excavations at the Sarn-y-bryn-caled cursus complex, Welshpool, Powys, and the timber circles of Great Britain and Ireland

Gibson

Aldhouse-Green

Brownsett³

et al. 1994

Proc. Prehist. Soc.

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have produced important information on the date and development of the Sarn-y-bryn-caled cursus complex between 3000-2000 BC. In particular a timber circle of 2000 BC, two penannular ring-ditches and a section across the cursus monument were excavated. A radiocarbon sequence has been obtained. The results of the excavations are described in Part I. Part II comprises a discussion of the forms, dates, functions, and reconstruction of timber circles. A corpus of and chronology for timber circles is presented. PART I: THE EXCAVATIONS 1 Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust,

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Section: Coed-y-dinas (Site 3)supporting

confidence: 69%

Section: The Development Of the Ritual Complexmentioning

confidence: 99%

Excavations at the Sarn-y-bryn-caled cursus complex, Welshpool, Powys, and the timber circles of Great Britain and Ireland

Gibson

Aldhouse-Green

Brownsett³

et al. 1994

Proc. Prehist. Soc.

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“…20 Four Crosses linear barrow cemetery in relation to the Afon Vyrnwy with arrows indicating the principal axis and developmental trends. (after: Warrilow et al 1986, fig. 1 with additions) (Barrow 5) was extended for a third phase, now also with a stake circle bounding the enlarged mound.…”

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A Bronze Age Round Barrow Cemetery, Pit Alignments, Iron Age Burials, Iron Age Copper Working, and Later Activity at Four Crosses, Llandysilio, Powys

Havard¹,

Darvill

Alexander³

2016

Archaeological Journal

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A Bronze Age Round Barrow Cemetery, Pit Alignments, Iron Age Burials, Iron Age Copper Working, and Later Activity at Four Crosses, Llandysilio, Powys t i m h a v a r d , t i m o t h y d a r v i l l a n d m a r y a l e x a n d e r With contributionsExcavation undertaken at the Upper Severn valley round barrow cemetery at Four Crosses, Llandysilio, Powys, between 2004 and 2006 has increased the known barrows and ring ditches to some twenty-seven monuments within this complex, and revealed additional burials. Based on limited dating evidence, and the data from earlier excavations, the majority of the barrows are thought to be constructed in the Bronze Age. The barrows are considered part of a larger linear cemetery. The landscape setting and wider significance of this linear barrow cemetery are explored within this report. Dating suggests two barrows were later, Iron Age additions. The excavation also investigated Iron Age and undated pit alignments, Middle Iron Age copper working and a small Romano-British inhumation cemetery and field systems. Much of this evidence reflects the continuing importance of the site for ritual and funerary activity.illus. 1 Site location 2 four crosses, llandysilio evidence from trial trenching suggested an Iron Age date for one of the pit alignments, and the presence of Roman and post-medieval ditches (Marches Archaeology 2003, 30).The site was subject to area excavation by Cotswold Archaeology between 2004 and 2006 before construction of the new housing development. Archaeological features exposed by machine stripping were hand-excavated, employing standard sampling strategies. This report sets out the results of these excavations. THE EXCAVATIONS The site comprises an area of approximately 2.4 ha in the north of Four Crosses, and is situated on a low gravel terrace (c. 60 m OD) close to the confluence of the rivers Severn and Vyrnwy. The course of Offa's Dyke runs less than 100 m to the west. The site was under pasture prior to excavation and was generally flat, although the southern half of a barrow mound (Illus. 2: Barrow 20) lay in the north of the site on top of a slight natural rise. The solid geology of the site is mapped as Early Triassic Kinnerton sandstone formation, sealed by Devensian glacial-fluvial deposits of sands and gravel (BGS).The principal features of the 2004-6 excavation were eight previously unrecorded ring ditches or barrows of the Four Crosses barrow cemetery. The monuments of the barrow cemetery are described from south to north, rather than by sequence, as not all the monuments could be dated with any certainty. As barrows of this cemetery have previously been allocated unique identifiers (Barrows 1-8), that number sequence is continued and now provides for a total of twenty-seven monuments. These are listed in Appendix A, with a summary description of each one. All the ring ditched features on site are referred to as barrows, although evidence for a mound was not always present.Other activity on the site was represented by a pit containing Grooved Ware po...

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“…A more distinctive, typically Mortlake Ware vessel was found in fragments on a stabilization horizon within the phase 1 ditch (Warrilow et al . , 81–3). Other burials under round barrows with Peterborough Ware associations include Liffs Low in Derbyshire with a TRB‐influenced collared flask (Loveday and Barclay ) and Elf Howe in North Yorkshire (Kinnes , 17).…”

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Revisiting Old Friends: The Production, Distribution and Use of Peterborough Ware in Britain

Ard

Darvill

2015

Oxford J Archaeology

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Peterborough Ware is now recognized as the dominant ceramic tradition of the middle Neolithic in southern Britain during the period 3400-2800 BC, part of a wider north European family of Impressed Wares. Drawing on an extensive inventory of 600 recorded assemblages constructed by enriching previous lists with the results of development-driven research carried out over the last 20 years or so, this paper reviews the production, distribution and use of Peterborough Ware. Support is found for the traditional sub-division of the Peterborough Ware series into three sub-styles: Ebbsfleet, Mortlake and Fengate Wares on the basis of the materials used, forms, and the decorative schemes preferred in each. The overall distribution of Peterborough Ware focuses on south-eastern Britain although there are important assemblages from areas to the west and north, especially those composed of Mortlake Ware. The range of contexts in which Peterborough Ware was deposited is wide, but suggests a backward-looking attitude in which the users of this style of pottery were trying to connect with their past.

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Eight Ring-ditches at Four Crosses, Llandysilio, Powys, 1981–85.

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Excavations at the Sarn-y-bryn-caled cursus complex, Welshpool, Powys, and the timber circles of Great Britain and Ireland

Excavations at the Sarn-y-bryn-caled cursus complex, Welshpool, Powys, and the timber circles of Great Britain and Ireland

A Bronze Age Round Barrow Cemetery, Pit Alignments, Iron Age Burials, Iron Age Copper Working, and Later Activity at Four Crosses, Llandysilio, Powys

Revisiting Old Friends: The Production, Distribution and Use of Peterborough Ware in Britain

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