| Title: |
An archaeological excavation (stage 2) on land at Pevensey Road, Bognor Regis, West Sussex (Arun District) |
| Series: |
Archaeology South East unpublished report series
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| Number of Pages: |
39 |
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Report (in Series)
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| Abstract: |
Three areas, A, B and C, were excavated at a proposed development site where an earlier evaluation had revealed four Romano-British ditches. No archaeological features were revelaed within Area C. In Area A, one large ditch running south-west to north-east was associated with smaller ditches and a post-hole interpreted as a field gateway. In Area B a similarly large ditch running south-west to north-east was associated with a pair of ditches which entered it from the south-east. All of these features dated from the late 1st century or the early 2nd century AD. Running parallel and to the north of the larger ditch in Area B was a narrow, round-bottomed ditch which had still been receiving material in the late 2nd or early 3rd century. An extension to one of the evaluation trenches revealed a north-west to south-east ditch which had fallen out of use before 70AD. The abandonment of ditches at the site was earlier than that of those encountered during excavation at Bognor Community College to the north. A small amount of animal bone was recovered from the excavation; this suggested that cattle had been predominant. Artefacts included four fragments of Romano-British tile, six pieces of worked flint, and pottery which was mainly of Romano-British date but which also included a Late Bronze Age sherd and some 19th century material. Environmental analysis of samples from the large ditch produced seeds of water crowfoot, water plantain and many water-flea egg-cases which suggested still or slowly-flowing water, whilst the majority of the other plant remains were characteristic of stream or ditch sides and other damp, grassy areas. The presence of blackthorn may have suggested that the ditches had been hedged, which in turn may have explained the existence of the contemporary parallel ditches. [Au(adp)] |
| Author: |
C Johnson
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| Publisher: |
Archaeology South-East
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| Year of Publication: |
1998
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| Locations: |
| Site: |
Pevensey Road, Bognor Regis |
| County: |
West Sussex |
| District: |
Buckinghamshire |
| Parish: |
LITTLE MISSENDEN |
| Country: |
England |
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Grid Reference: 492030, 199950 (Easting, Northing)
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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FIELD SYSTEM
(Monument Type England)
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| Late 2nd (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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LATE BRONZE AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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| Late 1st Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Early 2nd Century Ad (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Early 3rd Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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Date Of Issue From:
1998
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: PEVENSEY ROAD, BOGNOR REGIS
Study area: 0.83ha
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Arun
Monument: DITCH. Roman (AD43-410), [finds]. Post-medieval (1540-1901), POST HOLE. Roman (AD43-410), [finds]. Late Bronze Age, [finds]. Roman (AD43-410)
Ngr: SZ92039995
Parish: Bognor Regis
Postcode: PO215XA
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| Created Date: |
30 Aug 2017 |
