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Wessex Archaeology 
HunstreteGrandMansion,Somerset
 ArchaeologicalEvaluationand AssessmentofResults
 August 2008 Ref: 65310.01
 
Hunstrete Grand Mansion, Somerset
Archaeological Evaluation and Assessment of Results
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Hunstrete Grand Mansion, Somerset
Archaeological Evaluation and Assessment of Results
Contents
SummaryAcknowledgements
1BACKGROUND..................................................................................................11.1Introduction................................................................................................11.2Site Location, Topography and Geology..................................................11.3Historical and Archaeological Background.............................................1
 Prehistoric (-AD 43)....................................................................................1 Romano-British (AD 43-410).......................................................................2Saxon (410-1066) and Medieval (1066-1499).............................................2 Post-medieval (1500-1799)..........................................................................3
1.4Previous Archaeological Work.................................................................42AIMS AND OBJECTIVES.................................................................................53METHODS...........................................................................................................53.1Geophysical Survey....................................................................................53.2Landscape and Earthwork Survey...........................................................53.3Evaluation Trenches..................................................................................54RESULTS.............................................................................................................64.1Introduction................................................................................................64.2Geophysical Survey....................................................................................6
 Resistance survey.........................................................................................6 GPR survey..................................................................................................7 Gradiometer Survey.....................................................................................8
4.3Landscape and Earthwork Survey...........................................................84.4Evaluation Trenches................................................................................10
 Introduction................................................................................................10Site Wide Stratigraphy...............................................................................10Trench 1 ( 
Figure 9
 )...................................................................................10Trench 3 ( 
Figures 10-13
 )..........................................................................11Trench 4 ( 
Figure 1
 )...................................................................................13Trench 5 ( 
Figure 14 
 ).................................................................................13
5FINDS.................................................................................................................135.2Structural Material..................................................................................145.3Domestic Debris........................................................................................155.4Miscellaneous objects...............................................................................165.5Conclusions...............................................................................................166PALAEO-ENVIRONMENTAL SUMMARY................................................166.1Introduction..............................................................................................166.2Charred plant remains............................................................................176.3Wood charcoal..........................................................................................176.4Land molluscs...........................................................................................176.5Small mammal and fish remains............................................................17
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