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An excavation to the north of Bincknoll Castle - an early motte and bailey castle in North Wiltsh... more An excavation to the north of Bincknoll Castle - an early motte and bailey castle in North Wiltshire - has led to the discovery of a substantial medieval building. A chapel has been noted at Bincknoll in various documents since at least the 13th century, the last, in 1609, describing it as ‘decayed’. The location has thus far eluded enquiry. Excavation revealed evidence of a large structure constructed mainly of dressed and sub-rounded chalk blocks. Evidence points to a building that was internally plastered, whitewashed and decorated, with architectural features, suggesting an ecclesiastical use. Correlation between the documentary evidence and the finds suggest this is the lost chapel of the settlement of Bincknoll. The work, undertaken during the late summer of 2014, is part of a collaborative community project between Broad Town Archaeology and the Wiltshire Archaeology Field Group.

Papers by Jon Sanigar

A Late Iron Age farmstead was represented by an oval ditched enclosure, subsequently cut by anoth... more A Late Iron Age farmstead was represented by an oval ditched enclosure, subsequently cut by another enclosure and together possibly forming a figure-of- eight plan, with contemporary features including a well, pits and post-holes. This was succeeded by a larger, early Roman enclosure in which lay a rectangular post-built structure and a sub-oval gully that may have been associated with a roundhouse, as well as hearths, pits, a well and a waterhole. The final mid–late Roman phase of settlement was characterised by a series of rectilinear enclosures. Although there is nothing of particular note amongst the finds and environmental assemblages, the significance of the site overall is that it provides a rare example of rural settlement of this date and duration on the Hampshire claylands, just to the south of Silchester and close to the Roman road that linked this with Chichester.

Hampshire Studies, 2020

A Late Iron Age farmstead was represented by an oval ditched enclosure, subsequently cut by anoth... more A Late Iron Age farmstead was represented by an oval ditched enclosure, subsequently cut by another enclosure and together possibly forming a figure-of eight plan, with contemporary features including a well, pits and post-holes. This was succeeded by a larger, early Roman enclosure in which lay a rectangular post-built structure and a sub-oval gully that may have been associated with a roundhouse, as well as hearths, pits, a well and a waterhole. The final mid−late Roman phase of settlement was characterised by a series of rectilinear enclosures. Although there is nothing of particular note amongst the finds and environmental assemblages, the significance of the site overall is that it provides a rare example of rural settlement of this date and duration on the Hampshire claylands, just to the south of Silchester and close to the Roman road that linked this with Chichester.

Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, Vol 108, pp-133-142, 2015

An excavation to the north of Bincknoll Castle—an early motte and bailey castle in North Wiltshir... more An excavation to the north of Bincknoll Castle—an early motte and bailey castle in North Wiltshire—has led to the discovery of a substantial medieval building. A chapel has been noted at Bincknoll in various documents since at least the 13th century; the last, in 1609, describing it as ‘decayed’. The location has thus far eluded enquiry. Excavation revealed evidence of a large structure constructed mainly of dressed and sub-rounded chalk blocks. Evidence points to a building that was internally plastered, whitewashed and decorated, with architectural features, suggesting an ecclesiastical use. Correlation between the documentary evidence and the finds suggest this is the lost chapel of the settlement of Bincknoll. The work, undertaken during the late summer of 2014, is part of a collaborative community project between Broad Town Archaeology and the Wiltshire Archaeology Field Group.

Hampshire Studies, 2020

A Late Iron Age farmstead was represented by an oval ditched enclosure, subsequently cut by anoth... more A Late Iron Age farmstead was represented by an oval ditched enclosure, subsequently cut by another enclosure and together possibly forming a figure-of eight plan, with contemporary features including a well, pits and post-holes. This was succeeded by a larger, early Roman enclosure in which lay a rectangular post-built structure and a sub-oval gully that may have been associated with a roundhouse, as well as hearths, pits, a well and a waterhole. The final mid−late Roman phase of settlement was characterised by a series of rectilinear enclosures. Although there is nothing of particular note amongst the finds and environmental assemblages, the significance of the site overall is that it provides a rare example of rural settlement of this date and duration on the Hampshire claylands, just to the south of Silchester and close to the Roman road that linked this with Chichester.

Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, Vol 108, pp-133-142, 2015