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Somerset Historic Environment Record
| Site Name: | Medieval wharf, N of York Farm, East Brent |
| Civil Parish: | East Brent |
| Grid Ref: | ST 366 536 (ST 35 SE) |
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C14-C15 pottery was recovered from the fill of a pond or shallow waterway in a field named Scott's Wharf. To the SE a mound c15m by 5m and 1.5m high lay at the confluence of the Old River Axe and the Mark Yeo, with a curving bank 60m to the S. A second mound 4m by 3m and 1m high lay just to the N of the pond. May be a possible wharf site. {1}
Mr Fletcher at York Farm found worked stones which had been removed from the Mark Yeo during cleaning in c1995. One has a square hole and masons' marks. There is documentary evidence for a stone sluice being built in the 1330s which may be here. {4}
| 1 | Detailed records - Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division record card. Record ID: ST 35 SE 13 (1978) Location: HER files. |
| 2 | Mention - Fowler, PJ and Walthew, CV. M5, M4 and archaeology. Archaeological Review (CBA Group 13) 5 (1970), 5-10 (page 8) |
| 3 | Mention - Medieval Archaeology 15 (1971) (page 170) |
| 4 | Verbal communication - Harrison, J [Jim]. Basildon (20/08/1997). Location: Verbal, electronic or direct entry, no source retained |
Record created in October 1987
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