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Boxford is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of West Berkshire, part of Berkshire in England. The village is on the east bank of the Lambourn, about northwest of Newbury but south of the M4 motorway. The included hamlet of Westbrook is on the opposite bank of the Berkshire Downs tributary. ==Archaeology== A number of Bronze Age features have been recorded near Boxford and an urn of this period has been found. A hearth and pottery fragments from the Iron Age, including a La Tène pot, have been found near the north end of Boxford Common. Iron Age pottery fragments and a possible earthwork have also been found near Borough Hill Mud Hall Cottage on Wyfield Farm is the site of a large Roman building which was excavated about 1870. Roman pottery and coins have been found at Boxford Rectory. The course of Ermin Street Roman road that linked ''Corinium Dobunnorum'' (Cirencester) and ''Calleva Atrebatum'' (Silchester) passes through the south of the parish. A section is visible from aerial archaeology near William's Copse. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Boxford, Berkshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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