An excavation in 2010-12 on the site of the former Ministry of Defence
(MoD) Headquarters in Durrington, Wiltshire, revealed evidence spanning
the post-glacial to the post-medieval periods. It lies immediately
north-east of the Stonehenge part of the Stonehenge, Avebury and
Associated Sites World Heritage Site. The significant discoveries made
during the excavation include a relatively deeply buried Late Glacial
Allerød soil, and a zone of Late Neolithic activity centred on a number
of natural solution hollows, posthole alignments and pit groups. The
Late Iron Age defences, probably constructed in the immediate
pre-Conquest period and decommissioned soon after, influenced the layout
of early Romano-British fields and settlement activity. This report
describes the site, and places it in its local context. Reports on the
finds, dating and environmental remains are also presented.