Much Park Street, Coventry: Phase 2 Archaeological Evaluation
Birmingham Archaeology, 2016. https://doi.org/10.5284/1038420. How to cite using this DOI
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Introduction
On instruction from Halcrow Group Ltd acting on behalf of Stoford Developments Ltd (for Severn Trent Water) Birmingham Archaeology undertook an archaeological evaluation at Much Park Street, Coventry (centred on NGR SP 33687866) between October 11th and 15th 2010. The evaluation work was undertaken to assess whether proposed landscaping of the site would affect below ground archaeological remains. A total of three trenches were excavated across the site to provide information regarding the survival of archaeological remains relating to industrial or manufacturing activities during the medieval or post medieval periods.
The evaluation confirmed the presence of a series of sandstone features including walls and a drain which perhaps represented evidence of medieval building activity fronting Much Park Street located immediately to the east. A number of stake holes indicated possible structural remains of former workshops in close proximity to a pit which contained a large quantity of pottery and pieces of iron slag perhaps indicative of a former industrial process.
