ABBEY FIELDS ABBEYMEAD
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Followed by excavation 14/86 (Event 652905). Observation of sewer trench.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
AINSBROOK SITE
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Evaluation and excavation of the site of a Viking period hoard recorded a disturbed burial with grave goods and a large Bronze Age enclosure. Metal detectorists had previously removed '7000' artefacts from the site, the location of which is kept secret.
NORTH YORKSHIRE
APPLEGARTH WEST OF ST ANDREWS CHURCHYARD
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Two small trial trenches in the garden of a 1960s bungalow adjacent to the churchyard boundary wall on the west side of St Andrew's Church revealed traces of the Roman road from the Mendips to the River Avon, possibly RR540. There were also indications of a possible Roman roadside settlement, as well as earlier medieval activity pre-dating the laying out of the market place.
BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET
Abington deserted medieval village
Milton Keynes HER
1) C13th St.Neots ware sherds; 2) 2 Lyveden-type sherds, found by Mr B (b1-2). 3) Medieval sherds from Abington DMV, found by Mr P (b3-5). 4) Area of NGR ( b7).
Method of Discovery: Chance find
History: 1967 artefacts found & 1973
Buckinghamshire
Abington deserted medieval village
Milton Keynes HER
Disturbed ground surrounded by ridge and furrow suggests a deserted hamlet
Full Description: 1) Medieval sherds & building stone, associated with slight earthworks visible on both sides of stream. Site of Abington DMV? (Sources 3-4).
2) Disturbed ground surrounded by ridge & furrow suggests a deserted hamlet. No coherent pattern (Sources 6). Centred at NGR.
3) Slight earthworks on APs (Sources 7).
4) ''Abington'' names on 1801 map (Sources 8)
History: 1967 fieldwalking
Buckinghamshire
Abington deserted medieval village
Milton Keynes HER
1) Medieval sherds & building stone associated with slight earthworks: site of Abington DMV?( bi3-4).2) Base of purbeck marble mortar found on site of Abington DMV by Mr P (Sources 5).3) Area of NGR (Sources 7)
Method of Discovery: Chance find
History: 1967 artefacts found & 1973
Buckinghamshire
Adersey
Milton Keynes HER
Slight earthworks of a hollow way and house closes suggest medieval settlement
Full Description: 1) No local information on names "Adersey"/"Akeley". in "Long Field" are concentrations of pottery & shaped stone. Undulating surface, W part of field - former steads?(Sources 4).
2) Several house sites seen in ploughsoil (Sources 5).
3) Slight earthworks (of hollow way & house closes?) On AP (Sources 7).
4) NGR = centre, Long Field (b4)
Method of Discovery: Aerial photography
History: 1946 soil mark on AP
1980 site visit
Buckinghamshire
Adersey
Milton Keynes HER
Full Description: 1) Pottery (& shaped stone) occur in concentrations over most of Long Field (centred at NGR) (Sources 4).
2) Much pottery & roof tile fragments from site of "Manor of Addersley" (Sources 5)
3) Medieval pot sherds from field surface, centred at SP 9084 5332 & 9093 5342 (Sources 6)
Buckinghamshire
Adersey
Milton Keynes HER
Full Description: 1) Village of Adersley, once belonged to Lawndon (Lavendon?) Is long since extinct. Site of bygone hamlet probably between the Grange & Northampton Road where foundations have been found (Sources 1).
2) In Browne Willis'' day (c.1730) was a single house; since then, name has been entirely lost (Sources 2)
Buckinghamshire
Adersey slag patch
Milton Keynes HER
Full Description: 1) 2 slag patches, representing possibly early iron workings (b3).
2) At SP 9069 5328 is a slag patch approx 20m in diameter with a concentration of approx 30 pieces per sq metre; heavy soil colouration. Slag is of pre-medieval appearance but there is no ground evidence that it is not associated with medieval occupation (b4).
Buckinghamshire
