Archaeological Practice Ltd (2001). Berwick Railway Station Reorganisation of Car Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland. Archaeological Watching Brief and Environmental Analysis. Archaeological Practice Ltd.

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Title:		 Berwick Railway Station Reorganisation of Car Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland. Archaeological Watching Brief and Environmental Analysis
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Number of Pages:		 14
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Publication Type:		 Report
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Abstract:		 Berwick Castle, a major English Royal stronghold on the Anglo/Scottish border, but in origin a Scottish fortification, had been almost entirely demolished by 1850; the last act in this process being the construction of Berwick railway station over the site in the late 1840s. During the construction of the station, the area to the west of the castle, the deep Gillies Brae, which had acted over the medieval period as a natural defence line between town and castle, was levelled and had latterly been used as the station's car park. Given the established archaeological significance of the area, preliminary geotechnical works for the proposed reorganisation of the car park were subject to an archaeological watching brief to establish the survival of archaeological remains associated with the adjacent medieval castle and the Gillies Brae defence, or of earlier deposits. Samples from the geotechnical investigations were then assessed for their potential to provide palaeoenvironmental information. Results were disappointing. Borehole and window sample data failed to elucidate the profile of the valley, nor did they provide organic or artefactual materials to ascertain chronological or environmental sequence through the deposits. Two trial pits, cut to around 1m deep, only revealed deposits of a date later than the levelling of the areas in the 1840s. [Au(abr)]
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Author:		 Archaeological Practice Ltd
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Publisher:		 Archaeological Practice Ltd
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Year of Publication:		 2001
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Location - Auto Detected: Berwick railway
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MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
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Note:		 Date Of Issue From: 2001 Date Of Coverage From: 01 Date Of Coverage To: 01 Editorial Expansion: Site name: BERWICK RAILWAY STATION
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Investigation type: Evaluation
District: Berwick upon Tweed
Monument: FEATURE. Post-medieval (1540-1901), WALL. Post-medieval (1540-1901), [finds]. Post-medieval (1540-1901)
Ngr: NT99405340
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Postcode: TD151NJ
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Created Date:		 19 Jan 2009