Darlington, J. and Evans, J. A. (1992). Roman Sidbury, Worcester: excavations 1959--1989. Trans Worcestershire Archaeol Soc 13. Vol 13, pp. 5-104.
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Roman Sidbury, Worcester: excavations 1959--1989 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Trans Worcestershire Archaeol Soc 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society | ||||||||||||||||||
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13 | ||||||||||||||||||
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5 - 104 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The area to the east of the junction of Sidbury and Friar Street has been the subject of excavation since 1959. Evidence dating from the Roman period included a first century ditch which may have delineated an early boundary of the settlement. The ditch was succeeded by a sequence of surfaces which represented a road leading up into the community further to the north. Alongside the road a variety of timber buildings formed part of a small suburb. Areas around the road were associated with large quantities of iron slag: the waste material was utilised to repair one of the later road surfaces. By the third century the suburb had taken on a more domestic flavour, characterised by large assemblages of household waste, a greater number of prestige artefacts and a series of wooden drains running down the side of the road. Towards the end of the century a major shift on focus caused a realignment of the road and a less intensive use of the area. Settlement in the area was soon abandoned and a highly mixed soil accumulated over the pebble surface. A final pebble layer was constructed on top of the soil accumulation only to be truncated by a number of medieval and post-medieval levelling events. No evidence was recorded for any post-Roman activity before the tenth century. Specialist reports include: `The samian' by Brenda Dickinson (57--61); `The amphorae' by D F Williams (62--3); `The stamped mortaria' by Kay Hartley (64--5); `Ceramic building material' by Irena Lentowicz (66--7); `The brooches' by D F Mackreth (73--7); `Examination of the slags from Sidbury' by Gerry McDonnell (82--3); `The glass' by Dorothy Charlesworth (83--4); `The intaglio' by Martin Henig (84); `The worked stone' by Fiona Roe (85--8); `Finds of flint and chert' by Alan Saville (88); `The animal bone' by Sally Scott (88--91) and `The environmental report' by Clare de Rouffignac (92). | ||||||||||||||||||
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1992 | ||||||||||||||||||
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20 Jan 2002 |
