SOMERSET LEVELS PROJECT ARCHIVE

There are three separate numbered elements:

BOXES 1-56

ROLLS 1-82

FOLDERS 1-17

An ,INDEX provides entry to all of these.

The BOXES hold excavation sheets, cards, notebooks, letters etc, finds sheets, field archaeologists' reports, site books, analytical reports, Project matters etc. The major subjects are listed in the INDEX.

The ROLLS consist of drawings, both field drawings and published drawings, and appear in the INDEX.

The FOLDERS contain flat illustrations, drawings and photos, maps, and are in the INDEX.

A list of CONTENTS of the BOXES, ROLLS and FOLDERS is also provided. This is about 200 pages in length.

To find a particular site archive or subject archive, go to the INDEX and locate the relevant numbers for Boxes, Rolls and Folders. e.g. East Moors in the Index is listed under Box 19, Roll 17 and 18, and Folder 2.

If you wish to locate a particular illustration, e.g. a tree-ring diagram for East Moors, you should look in the List of Contents for the Rolls and Folders; here you will find each illustration numbered individually in a running sequence. East Moors illustrations in Roll 17 are published site plans, those in Roll 18 are field plans, and in Folder 2 you will find East Moors 6 and 7 - tree-ring. The Contents listing of the Rolls and Folders should make this clear.

Abbreviations.

Major sites are abbreviated, to follow the terminology used in the field programmes e.g. Sweet track is SW, East Moors is EM. A full list of abbreviations appears overleaf.

Site: Abbot's Way Abbrev: AW Box: 15 Roll: 1,2,3 Folder: 1,2,11

Site: Bell-Baker Abbrev: BLBK Box: 16 Roll: 5,6,7,8 Folder: 1,2,11,17

Site: Bisgrove Abbrev: BG Box: 14 Roll: 79,80 Folder: 2

Site: Blakeway Box: 16,48

Site: Chilton Abbrev: Box: CH 17, 16 Roll: 10,11,12

Site: Difford's Abbrev: DIF Box: (see ECL)

Site: Eclipse Abbrev: ECL Box: 19 Roll: 13,14,15 Folder: 1,2,11,17

Site: East Huntspill Abbrev: EH Roll: 16

Site: East Moors Abbrev: EM Box: 19 Roll: 17,18 Folder: 2

Site: Franks' Abbrev: FR Box: 16 Roll: 79,80 Folder: 1,2

Site: Foster's Walton Abbrev: FW Box: 14 Roll: 78,80 Folder: 2

Site: Glastonbury Abbrev: GLV Box: (not yet entered)

Site: Godwin's Abbrev: GOD Box: 20,44 Roll: 19,20 Folder: 1,2

Site: Garvin's Abbrev: GV Box: 14, 44 Roll: 21,22,23 Folder: 1,2,15

Site: Honeygore Abbrev: HG Box: 17,19,44 Roll: 24,25 Folder: 1,2,11,15

Site: Jones Abbrev: JN Box: 14,44 Roll: 79,80 Folder: 1

Site: Meare Lake Vill.84 Abbrev: M84 Box: 35 Roll: 28,29,30,31 Folder: 1,9

Site: Meare Heath Abbrev: MHT Box: 18,12,14,44 Roll: 32,33,34 Folder: 1,2,11,15,16,17

Site: Meare Vill.East Abbrev: MVE Box: 24,25,29-34 Roll: 35-40 Folder: 1,9,10

Site: Meare Vill.West Abbrev: MVW Box: 21-23, 26-28 34,36,44,54 Roll: 41-43 Folder: 1,2,9

Site: Platform Abbrev: PLAT Box: 20 Roll: 44

Site: Rowland's Abbrev: ROW Box: 17,48 Roll: 45,46 Folder: 1, 2, 17

Site: Sedgemoor Abbrev: SDM Box: 37,38,54,55 Roll: 47,48 Folder: 1,2

Site: Shapwick Box: 20

Site: Signal Pole Abbrev: SIG Box: 16 Roll: 80

Site: Skinner's Wood Abbrev: SKW Box: 20 Roll: 49,50 Folder: 17

Site: Stileway Abbrev: STL Box: 20,16,44,48 Roll: 51,52 Folder: 2,17

Site: Sweet Abbrev: SW Box: 1-9,20,44,48 Roll: 53-71 Folder: 1,2,4,11,14,15

Site: Tinney's Ground Abbrev: TIN Box: 10-12,19,48 Roll: 72-74 Folder: 1,2,11,12,15-17

Site: Walton Heath Abbrev: WAL Box: 13,14,44,48 Roll: 75-77 Folder: 1,2,11,12,16,17

Site: Withy Bed Copse Abbrev: WBC Box: 20,14 Roll: 81,82 Folder: 11,17

Subject: Field archaeology Box: 39,40,53-56

Subject: Somerset Levels Project Box: 43,49-52

Subject: Somerset Levels Papers Box: 44

Subject: Tree-rings (see also sites) Box: 44

Subject: Finds Box: 45-48 Folder: 4,5

Subject: Avalon Lakes Box: 41

Subject: Conservation (wood from all sites) Box: 42

Subject: Maps Abbrev: MAP Box: 53,48 Roll: 26,27 Folder: 3,13

Subject: Aerial Abbrev: AP Box: 38, 48 Roll: 4

Subject: C14 Abbrev: C14 Box: 48, 34, 36 Roll: 9

Subject: Wood Box: see sites Folder: 6-8, 14-17

Subject: Flints Abbrev: FL Box: 3,6,48 Folder: 4,5

Subject: Shapwick Reserve Box: 7, 54,55

Subject: AREA surveys Box: 53-56

Subject: Environmental (see sites)

Notes:

Abbreviations within the archive:

Sites are abbreviated as follows. Sometimes the sites are further identified by an attached date e.g. STL76=Stileway 1976.

AW Abbot's Way

BG Bisgrove

BLBK Bell Baker, also BL Bell and BK Baker in isolation

CH Chilton

DIF Difford, usually encompassed within ECL

ECL Eclipse and adjacent sites including DIF

EH East Huntspill

EM East Moors

FR Frank's, grouped with WAL sometimes

FW Foster's Walton, grouped with WAL

GLV Glastonbury Lake Village

GOD Godwin's

GV Garvin's including BG, JN, FW occasionally

HG Honeygore complex, including Honeycat, Honeybee, Honeydew, Honeypot

JN Jones'

M84 Meare 1984 = Meare Lake Village 1984

MHT Meare Heath Track, sometimes listed as MH

ML Meare Lake = MHT; early sites were called ML

MVE Meare Village East

MVE82 Meare Village East 1982 excavations

MVW Meare Village West

MVW79 Meare Village West 1979 excavations

PLAT Platform track

ROW Rowland's

SDM Sedgemoor

SIG Signal Pole, sometimes grouped with WAL

SKW Skinner's Wood

STL Stileway

SW Sweet track (see overleaf for further explanation)

TIN Tinney's Ground, includes sites A,B,D etc

WAL Walton Heath, includes WAL83

WBC Withy Bed Copse

Note on the Sweet track abbreviations.

The individual areas along the Sweet track were identified from south to north, starting with area B in south, ending with area X in north. The sites in these areas were:

SWB Burtle

SWC Cover

SWD Drove

SWF Factory

SWG Nature Reserve sites

SWK Nature Reserve sites

SWP Nature Reserve sites

SWQ Quag Nature Reserve sites

SWR Railway

SWS South Drain

SWT Turbary

SWW Wallway

Further, within each area, sites were located and identified again from south to north using letters, so e.g. SWTA lay south of SWTG; SWWA was the southernmost position in area SWW.

Sites in the Archive may be listed as SWB or SWF when they were not more precisely identified, or they may be listed as SWQV or SWSA or SWTG where they formed parts of more detailed area investigations. The map in Papers 10 will show the locations: see below.

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