Aldermaston Soke

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Aldermaston Soke
Aldermaston Soke (Hampshire)
Aldermaston Soke

Aldermaston Soke shown within Hampshire
OS grid reference SU6163
Shire county Hampshire
Region South East
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Hampshire
Fire Hampshire
Ambulance South Central
European Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Basingstoke
List of places: UK • England • Hampshire

Coordinates: 51°22′N 1°07′W / 51.36, -1.12

Aldermaston Soke is a hamlet in England 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]

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[edit] 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]

[edit] 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]

[edit] 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 0212970011
  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 (2005), pp. 27, 30, 72, 137, 138, 208.

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