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24: BLEWBURYi-new vicarage --
Diming the construction of the new vicarage at Blewbury, the
tOntractor recovered fragments of five humawskeletonS, three
adult, one immature adult and one infant. Three fragments of
Méaieval pottery collected from the'site,Were identified'by
Maureen Mellor. Although the age of the 'skeletons remains
unknown their presence does suggest that the eastern side of the
churchyard may have contracted at some-time in the pdSt (PRN-11,993;
'Grid Ref SU 5319 8594).
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BRIZE NORTON,-Norton Ditch'
Recutting the stream called Norton Ditch which forms the parish
boundary between Brize:Norton and Lew has sectioned a stone bottomed
ford about one-third, of a mile south of AbingdonLane (PRN 11,879;
SP-3067 0712). The site of thislord lay forgotten beneath some:
0.6.m of black sat'. Earthwork remains of the sunken entry to the
ford survive on the south-eastern side but the north-western side has
been obliterated
CAVERSHAM
_Extraction continues at the Redland's gravel pit. Ruth and
Ernest Just are.continuing to watch for any new archaeologiCal
-material-although so-far nothing has been found.
CHECKENDON, The DeiAl .Churchyard,
.Woodland clearance prior to a ttee'replanting scheMe has enabled
the OXfordshire Archaeological:Unit aSSisted by the South Oxfordshire
Archaeological Group to.assess the archaeological value of an earthwork
knOwn as'the Devil's ChUrchyard.
The site lies in,a heavily wooded area of the Chilterns in
(Checkendon parish (FRN 9131;. Centred SU 6525 8400). The enclosure
lies on sloping ground facing south-west across a steep sided dry
valley. Sited just above 150 M above sea level .the subsoil is
Plateau Drift Comprising chiefly clay and flints over chalk.
The site was surveyed by two in-service trainee's, 'Carlos
Urrejola and:Jleather Bird (Fig.47.). An irregular ditched enclosure
with remains cif- An inner and outer bank lies down-slope from a curvilinear
ditch:and bank at the top of the hill to the east and south of
the enclosure.. The quality of the earthwork remainS varies
considerablYfroiSpoint to point. The banks are very lqw withrhe
exception of a length of theouter bank on the south-western side of
the enclosure where there-is a difference of some 1.5 m.from the top
of the bank to the.rbottom of the unexcavated ditch. A timber haUlage,
track has levelled 4.06rtion'oethebank 'On .thSSOUthWedtern'Sideof
the enclosure creating the possibly false impression of an entrance
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