Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . Page 240. FOUND AT RADSTOCK. Relics Lately Found at Radstock. 241 than the ordinary layer of surface soil, may have been theremains of earthworks levelled about for agricultural extensions of the quarry, however, seem to show theexistence of ancient trenches extending right across the quarry,and apparently into the adjoining land. At least three of thesehave been cut through, the liassic debris having been originallyexcavated down to the lias rock, and afterwards filled inapparently with dark earth resembli
Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . Page 240. FOUND AT RADSTOCK. Relics Lately Found at Radstock. 241 than the ordinary layer of surface soil, may have been theremains of earthworks levelled about for agricultural extensions of the quarry, however, seem to show theexistence of ancient trenches extending right across the quarry,and apparently into the adjoining land. At least three of thesehave been cut through, the liassic debris having been originallyexcavated down to the lias rock, and afterwards filled inapparently with dark earth resembling surface soil, which isin marked contrast with the strata in which the trench wascut. These trenches appear to have been about 5 feet to10 feet wide at the surface, narrowing downwards towardsthe bottom, which is about 5 feet deep. Similar trencheswere met with and excavated by General Pitt Rivers atCranbourne Chase. It was in the innermost of these trenches, which randiagonally across the quarry as shown by red lines on thediagram, that when uncovering the beds of
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