Cotswold Archaeology has conducted a full archaeological survey along the route of a pipeline that Thames Water will be laying from Lark Hill, Wantage to Childrey Warren pumping station, nearby. 

The richest area for archaeology finds, notably Iron Age round houses and Roman burials, was close to Letcombe Bassett. 

Charles Rowe invited Dr Paulo Guarino, who led the excavations, now complete, to give a preliminary account of the results. (Laboratory analysis of the findings will take some time, and a final report will then be published.) He kindly gave an excellent and fascinating presentation at the Village Hall on 14 March. We are grateful to Thames Water, Cotswold Archaeology and everyone else involved for making this talk possible.

Click here to see the video recording of the presentation. (Video credits: Michael Bailey)