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Aldermaston Soke

Hamlet in Hampshire, England

Field	Value
country	England
coordinates
official_name	Aldermaston Soke
shire_county	Hampshire
region	South East England
constituency_westminster	Basingstoke
os_grid_reference	SU6163

Aldermaston Soke is a hamlet 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.

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. 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.

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:

Hypericum maculatum (a species of St John's wort)
Viola palustris (Marsh violet)
Lythrum portula (a species of Loosestrife)
Hieracium umbellatum and
Hieracium acuminatum (two species of Hawkweed)
Dactylorhiza praetermissa (Southern Marsh-orchid)

Aldermaston Soke has a site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) just to the west. It is called Decoy Pit, Pools and Woods.

References

M.J. Crawley, [http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/pls/portallive/docs/1/587938.PDF "The Botanist in Berkshire: A Plant Hunter's Guide"], p. 44. Accessed 10 February 2008.
[[Ivan Donald Margary]], ''Roman Roads in Britain''. 3rd edition, London: J. Baker, 1973. p. 131. {{ISBN. 0-212-97001-1
George C. Boon, ''Roman Silchester: The Archaeology of a Romano-British Town'' (1957), p. 203.
Michael J. Crawley, [http://www.bsbi.org.uk/Berkshire_Rare_Plant_Register_2005.pdf Rare Plant Register Berkshire and South Oxfordshire] {{Webarchive. link. (2008-08-28 (2005), pp. 27, 30, 72, 137, 138, 208.)
"Magic Map Application". Magic.defra.gov.uk.

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