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Early Iron Age Site at Southcote, Reading

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2014

C. M. Piggott  and
W. A. Seaby
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Denton's pit, Southcote, is situated about one mile to the west of Reading, immediately to the south of the Great West Road. The map references are as follows:—

6 inch. Berkshire 37 N.W. Lat. 51° 26′ 40″ N. Long. 1° 0′ 0″ w.

1 inch. 5th Edition, Sheet 113. Square 1,070–1,075 E. 1,295–1,300 N.

Geological. Sheet 268. (1 inch).

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 3 , Issue 1-2 , 1937 , pp. 43 - 57
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1937

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References

page 43 note 1 Also known as Liebenrood's or Hathaway's Pit.

page 45 note 1 E.g., Fifield Bavant, (W.A.M., XLII)Google Scholar; Standlake, (Proc. Soc. Ant., Ist Ser., IV (1856) )Google Scholar; Highfield, Fisherton, (W.A.M., XLVI)Google Scholar.

page 45 note 2 At Cassington, (Ant. Journ., XV, 33)Google Scholar a short length only of ditch was uncovered. Major Allen in his air photographs has revealed a number of sites with straight or irregular lengths of ditch in the Thames Valley area. At Down, Worthy (Proc. Hants. F.C., X, 178–195)Google Scholar unconnected lengths of ditch were also found.

page 45 note 3 This undercutting is a common feature, and does not only occur in gravel.

page 48 note 1 Trans. Newbury F.C., VII, 148 Google Scholar.

page 51 note 1 Instances of the clay lining of pits were noticed at Standlake, Chadlington (Ant. Journ., XV, 31)Google Scholar and All Cannings (Pit 7, etc.).

page 53 note 1 For both these sites see Ant. Journ., XI, 382 ff.Google Scholar

page 54 note 1 Ant. Journ., VIII, 449–460 Google Scholar.

page 56 note 1 Ant. Journ., XV, 274 Google Scholar.

page 56 note 2 Proc. Hants. F.C., XII, 27–162 Google Scholar; XIII, 7–54.

page 56 note 3 Ibid., XIII, 124–164.

page 57 note 1 Ant. Journ., XVI, 270 Google Scholar.

page 57 note 2 Unpublished (Reading Museum). In Ant. Journ., XII, 416 Google Scholar, the site is wrongly referred to as ‘Prescot Park.’