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Archaeological investigations at Bucklers Park in Crowthorne have revealed a window onto a significant later prehistoric place, which was used and revisited over 1700 years between the Early Bronze Age and later Iron Age (c. 1800–100 bc ). Activity on site was based around the heating of water using fire-heated flint, producing three mounds of fire...
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... Middle Bronze Age well in Area 1 measured 4.0 × 5.0 m in diameter at its upper edge, narrowing to 1.30 × 1.0 m at its base, and was approximately 2.60 m in depth (Fig. 4). The sides of the well were, for the most part, almost vertical, but the northern edge formed a gradual slope. Leaning against the slope was a large, notched birch log ladder ( Fig. 5), radiocarbon dated to 1263-1114 cal BC (95% probability; SUERC-80280). Ladders such as these, with simple notched steps down one face, are the most commonly known design used to access later prehistoric field wells and waterholes in England, many of which have been revealed in recent housing and infrastructure projects (ie Allen 2010, ...
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