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Booklets
Wessex Archaeology has worked on a variety of booklets over time. Through this collection we are making available booklets no longer on sale. Due to thier age many are just scans as we do not hold any original digital copies.
The Past in Progress - Thames Valley Park - booklet
Thames Valley Business Park lies on the southern bank of the Thames just below its confluence with the Kennet. Both valleys have produced a rich variety of archaeological sites and finds ...
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Twyford Down - booklet
The need to carry out archaeological investigations in advance of new road construction was recognised in the 1960s. The Department of Transport recognises that rescue archaeology is esse...
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The Past in the Pipeline - booklet
In 1985 Esso Petroleum Company, Limited built the Midline Pipeline, to connect its refinery at Fawley, near Southampton, with another pipeline and oil terminals in the English Midlands. T...
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Westhampnett - booklet
The route of the A27 Westhampnett Bypass has proved exceptionally rich in archaeological remains, mainly of the prehistoric and Roman periods. No fewer than 5 major sites were revealed by...
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Roads to the Past - booklet
This booklet reviews the major phases in the development of man's settlement and activity on the chalk downland hilltop. The downland is bisected by Easton Lane as it leads eastwards from...
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Monkey Marsh Lock - booklet
The Kennet and Avon Canal restoration programme, started in the early 1960s, culminated with the grand canal re-opening by Her Majesty the Queen on 8th August 1990 at Devizes. Passing ...
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Reading Abbey Rediscovered - booklet
Reading Abbey was founded by Henry I in 1121 'for the salvation of my soul, and the souls of King William, my father, and of King William, my brother, and Queen Maud, my wife, and all my ...
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Reading Abbey Waterfront - booklet
This booklet, first published in 1986, is a summary of the history of Reading and the archaeological excavations undertaken by The Trust for Wessex Archaeology. It was compiled by The Tru...
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Medieval Windsor - booklet
The Trust for Wessex Archaeology’s excavations on the riverside sites in Reading were the only large scale investigations into inland waterfronts to have been carried out thus far. This b...
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