Horton Kingsmead Quarry: Volume 1

Horton Kingsmead Quarry reveals a long, layered story of settlement from 12,000 years ago.

Excavations at Kingsmead Quarry, Horton, Berkshire, have provided an opportunity to investigate a large multi-period site with occupation dating back over 12,000 years. The immediate landscape was one of braided river channels for much of later prehistory, whilst a substantial channel at the southern edge of the quarry is thought to be a former course of the Thames. The investigations at Horton have re...