| Abstract: |
As part of the preparatory work undertaken in connection with the proposed ì\nStudley Bypass scheme, the Field Archaeology Section of the ì\nWarwickshire Museum carried out an assessment of the impact of ì\nthe road proposals on archaeological sites along the route. The ì\nsurvey involved a desktop study covering a corridor 1km wide ì\ncentred on the proposed road line, and a more detailed walkover ì\nfield survey within a narrower band 300m wide centred on the road ì\nand junction works. The road corridor contains one ì\nScheduled Ancient Monument, Danes Bank (Warwickshire Monument No ì\n73; WA 547 and 6150), and 52 [?54] other archaeological sites (excluding\n10 areas of ridge and furrow in Hereford & Worcester). 19 archaeological ì\nsites and 6 small areas of surviving medieval ridge and furrow ì\nfield system are affected by the road proposals. Further (Stage ì\n3) field evaluation, to involve geophysical survey, earthwork ì\nsurvey and trial trenching, was proposed to produce further ì\ninformation to allow proper assessment of 8 sites, as follows: \n1) Coughton Deer Park (WA 557); 2) Cropmark enclosure (WA 6376) ì\neast of Sambourne Hall, probably a later prehistoric / ì\nRomano-British settlement; 3) A ?late medieval / post-medieval ì\nfarmstead (WA 7300) south west of Four Elms Farm; 4) Part of a ì\nlate medieval / post-medieval shrunken settlement at Green Lane, ì\nStudley (WA 6481); 5) The Griffin Inn Needleworks (WA 3777); 6) ì\nBuildings east of Washford Mill (HWCM 21668), possibly the site ì\nof the 18th century Studley Workhouse; 7) A post-medieval ì\nfarmstead (HWCM 21667) north of The Homestead, Mappleborough ì\nGreen; and 8) Woodrow Farm (HWCM 94), a probable late medieval ì\nsettlement. The other sites affected are generally of lesser\nsignificance or uncertain location, or the impact on them is less. ì\n\n[Although the Bypass route was already fixed the assessment ì\nfollowed the framework provided by Chapter 3, Archaeology, of ì\nSection 3, Part 2 of the Department of Transport's Design Manual ì\nfor Roads and Bridges, Volume 11: Environmental Assessment (DOT ì\n1993).]\n\n[LAND_USE continued: K,D,S]\n\n[SOURCES continued: N,D,F,B] |
