Title: |
An Assessment Excavation at Tower House Rye, East Sussex |
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Chris Butler Archaeological Services unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An assessment excavation was carried out by Chris Butler Archaeological Services at Tower House, Rye during November 2008, during which a total of four evaluation trenches were excavated. Two trenches located in a car parking area revealed a deep stratigraphy of Post Medieval layers dating from late 19th century through to the late 17th century. Below this were deposits dating from the 14th to 15th century, and a possible ditch that been finally filled-in in the mid 16th to early 17th century. A small trench in the garden also revealed a similar stratigraphy but at a shallower level, whilst the fourth trench encountered a large later 19th century kitchen midden. Although the excavation did not locate any confirmed medieval features, it did demonstrate that there was a deep Post Medieval stratigraphy with the potential for in-situ early Post Medieval and Medieval features and deposits with good preservation, albeit at lower levels. The kitchen midden has the potential to provide the best 19th- century assemblage from the town to date. |
Author: |
Chris Butler
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Publisher: |
Chris Butler Archaeological Services
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
East Sussex Historical Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2009
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Locations: |
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Tower House Rye |
Parish: |
RYE |
District: |
Rother |
County: |
East Sussex |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 592180, 120560 (Easting, Northing)
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chrisbut1-59788 |
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A4 comb bound report
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Created Date: |
23 Nov 2016 |