1 A ‘salt maere’ (pool, possibly providing refreshment for pack animals) is referred to on the boundary of Alveston in a charter of AD 985. The fishpond in Goldicote Park ...
There is Early Medieval documentary evidence for the existence of a 'salt mere' at this site, associated with a trackway. The present fishpond in Goldicote Park, 300m south west of Long Coppice, may be its descendant.
1 Excavations (EWA3238) carried out in advance of the laying of a sewage pipe across the remains of Bascote shrunken Medieval settlement (WMA 1702) also found the remains of 18th ...
Archaeological excavation uncovered a well, a cobbled trackway and pottery dating to the Imperial period. This may be a settlement site, perhaps linked to work being carried out in the area in the 1700s either on the canal or at the quarries. It is situated 100m north of Bascote.