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| 100 M years ago | Wallingford area is under the sea, and the Upper Greensand rock is deposited. | |
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65 M years ago |
Chalk is laid down and the sea subsides. |
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| 0.5 M years ago | An icesheet changes the course of the Proto-Thames and diverts it through the Goring Gap to take its current path. | |
| Stone Age | Flint tools from this time have been found in Wallingford gravels. |
A book on the Late Bronze Age settlement at Whitecross Farm |
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Bronze Age |
Middle Bronze Age dagger and Bronze Age dirks, rapier, spearheads, axeheads have been found at Wallingford Bridge. A high-status late Bronze Age (c.900-700 BC) site on a former eyot or island was found near Whitecross Farm, Winterbook at the site of the bypass bridge. This included an oak jetty on the west side of the narrow island, and a midden or tip at the southern end, which contained animal bones and pottery. |
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Iron Age |
Iron Age sword found at Wallingford Bridge. Major fort at nearby Castle Hill, Wittenham. Coins from Late Iron Age tribes Catuvellauni, Dobunni and Attrebates found around Wallingford. South Oxfordshire Grim’s Ditch may have been an Iron Age territorial boundary. |
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