Aldermaston Soke

Aldermaston Soke
Aldermaston Soke
Aldermaston Soke shown within Hampshire
OS grid reference SU6163
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Hampshire
Fire Hampshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament

Aldermaston Soke is a hamlet that lies on the county boundary between Berkshire and Hampshire, and is administratively part of the civil parish of Mortimer West End, which was transferred from Berkshire to Hampshire in 1879.[1]

Archaeological interest

The settlement lies on marshy ground at the bottom of a valley, very near Silchester (Roman Calleva Atrebatum). The modern road follows the course of a Roman road through the hamlet, diverging either side of it.[2] It has been suggested that the dampness of the ground led to a short section of Roman road remaining in use in Aldermaston Soke as a causeway through the valley bottom.[3]

Botanical interest

The damp ground also makes the location of interest to botanists, as a number of plant species that are rare in Britain have been attested here:[4]

References

  1. ↑ M.J. Crawley, "The Botanist in Berkshire: A Plant Hunter's Guide", p. 44. Accessed 10 February 2008.
  2. ↑ Ivan Donald Margary, Roman Roads in Britain. 3rd edition, London: J. Baker, 1973. p. 131. ISBN 0-212-97001-1
  3. ↑ George C. Boon, Roman Silchester: The Archaeology of a Romano-British Town (1957), p. 203.
  4. ↑ Michael J. Crawley, Rare Plant Register Berkshire and South Oxfordshire Archived 2008-08-28 at the Wayback Machine. (2005), pp. 27, 30, 72, 137, 138, 208.

See also

Media related to Aldermaston Soke at Wikimedia Commons

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.