Watson, N. and Ashby, D. (2014). ST.ANNE'S WELL, NIGHTINGALE VALLEY, BRISTOL: GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY. ARCA. https://doi.org/10.5284/1031384. Cite this using datacite

Title
Title
The title of the publication or report
Title:		 ST.ANNE'S WELL, NIGHTINGALE VALLEY, BRISTOL: GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Series
Series
The series the publication or report is included in
Series:		 ARCA unpublished report series
Downloads
Downloads
Any files associated with the publication or report that can be downloaded from the ADS
Downloads:
arca1-210610_1.pdf (1 MB) : Download
Licence Type
Licence Type
ADS, CC-BY 4.0 or CC-BY 4.0 NC.
Licence Type:
ADS Terms of Use and Access icon
ADS Terms of Use and Access
DOI
DOI
The DOI (digital object identifier) for the publication or report.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5284/1031384
Publication Type
Publication Type
The type of publication - report, monograph, journal article or chapter from a book
Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
Abstract
Abstract
The abstract describing the content of the publication or report
Abstract:		 In November and December 2013, one mechanical and four manual geoarchaeological boreholes were drilled by ARCA and The Brislington Community Archaeology Project (BCAP) on the site of St Anne's Well, Brislington, in the city of Bristol, in order to establish the nature of the Holocene stratigraphy. St Anne's Well is located on the narrow flood plain of the Brislington Brook, a tributary of the River Avon. Strata in the borehole cores were described by ARCA geoarchaeologists and members of BCAP. This document reports on the stratigraphy of the boreholes and discusses the archaeological and palaeoenvironmental significance of the sediments encountered. Coarse grained alluvial sands and sandstone gravel was recovered below +6.6m OD in BH1 and below +7.5m OD in BHs 2 and 4. These deposits were derived from reworked colluvium eroded from the Magnotsfield Member which forms the sides of the gorge, through which the Brislington Brook has cut its course to the join the River Avon. Overlying silt/clay and fine sand laminae date to the Early Bronze Age (c.2350-2570 cal BC) and is the first indirect evidence of human activity in the watershed found on the site. After this date approximately 3m of silt/clays accreted on the floodplain. Topsoil has developed conformably within the alluvium in BHs 1, 2 and 5. In BHs 3 and 4 cultural deposits relating to Victorian landscaping were recorded. No in situ organic strata were encountered nor is the alluvial sequence part of the contemporaneous Wentlooge Formation of the central Bristol area.
Author
Author
The authors of this publication or report
Author:		 Norman Watson
David Ashby
Publisher
Publisher
The publisher of the publication or report
Publisher:		 ARCA
Other Person/Org
Other Person/Org
Other people or organisations for this publication or report
Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Bristol City Council (OASIS Reviewer)
Year of Publication
Year of Publication
The year the book, article or report was published
Year of Publication:		 2014
Locations
Locations
Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published.
Locations:
Site: St Anne's Well. Nightingale Valley
County: Bristol
District: Bristol, City of
Parish: BRISTOL
Country: England
Grid Reference: 362172, 172514 (Easting, Northing)
Subjects / Periods
Subjects / Periods
Subjects / Periods associated with this record.
Subjects / Periods:
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) ALLUVIUM (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) PEAT (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) LAYER (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) WELL (Monument Type England)
EVALUATION (Event)
Identifiers
Identifiers
Identifiers associated with the publication. These might include DOIs, site codes, Monument Identifiers etc.
Identifiers:
OASIS Id: arca1-210610
OBIB: 1314-09
Note
Note
Extra information on the publication or report.
Note:		 Bound A4 report and pdf
Source
Source
Where the record has come from or which dataset it was orginally included in.
Source:
Source icon
OASIS (OASIS)
Relations
Relations
Other resources which are relevant to this publication or report
Relations:
Created Date
Created Date
The date the record of the pubication was first entered
Created Date:		 01 Feb 2018