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Robin
Jackson
Project manager
Worcestershire Historic Environment and Archaeology Service
Woodbury
Worcester University
Henwick Grove, Worcester
WR2 6AJ
England
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Wellington Quarry is located at NGR SO 508 479 and lies between the villages of Marden and Wellington, 7km north of Hereford. It is situated on the broad floodplain of the River Lugg, occupying a flat area to the west of the current course of the river. The Wellington Brook runs across the west side of the site and joins the Lugg a short distance to the south. Slight undulations may reflect former courses of either the Lugg or the Wellington Brook. The site was under pasture prior to quarrying, and covers an area of approximately 37 ha.
Archaeological investigations by the Field Section of Hereford and Worcester County Archaeological Service (now the Archaeological Service of Worcestershire County Council), were undertaken at a gravel extraction site at Wellington Quarry, Marden Lane, Marden, Herefordshire since 1986 (County Sites and Monuments Record number HSM 5522). The work has followed successive seasons of sand and gravel extraction and has been undertaken on behalf of Redland Aggregates Limited (now Lafarge Redland Aggregates Limited). Work undertaken up to (and including) 1996 was undertaken with the voluntary agreement and support of Redland Aggregates Limited.
It was not possible within the circumstances of the work carried out between 1986 and 1996 to undertake any synthetic or detailed analysis. Consequently in 1999, in the light of the significance of the results from the quarry, an application was made to English Heritage for agrant to fund the production of a Project Design for an assessment of the fieldwork archive. Following approval of this Project Design a grant was made for the production of a Post-fieldwork Assessment and Project Design. The post-excavation project was undertaken by Worcestershire Historic Environment and Archaeology Service was commissioned by English Heritage through the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund.