The Frampton on Severn ALSF NMP project was funded by the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF). It formed part of a wider project looking at the archaeological landscape of Frampton on Severn, and was carried out by Gloucestershire County Council Archaeological Service.
The overall aim of the project was to enhance the archaeological record of this area, which is rich in archaeological material, but is also an area that has seen extensive aggregate extraction.
Netherhills Ring Ditches
The main aim of the aerial survey was to use the aerial photographic record to identify and map the exact location of five Bronze Age ring-ditches at Netherhills, which had been excavated by R J C Atkinson in 1948. The survey put them into context by mapping the archaeology of the wider landscape, including the nearby prehistoric or Roman sites at Perryway, Eastington, Townfield Farm and Park Corner Cottage. The excavation at Netherhills was undertaken as a ‘rescue’ excavation in response to the threat of gravel extraction but remains unpublished.
The archaeological aerial survey
The other aims and objectives of the Frampton on Severn aerial survey were to map and record all archaeological features visible on aerial photographs, providing a wider context for the prehistoric and/or Roman sites mentioned above. The NMP survey highlighted the preservation of many archaeological remains visible as earthworks from the medieval and/or post medieval landscape, such as five new possible medieval settlements. The aerial survey also identified the exact location of two probable Bronze Age barrows, that were previously unknown.
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