| Title: |
Townmead School, West Drayton. An Archaeological Evaluation. |
| Number of Pages: |
72 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
Five 20m by 2.5m trenches were excavated in response to a condition upon planning permission for the residential redevelopment of the site. Prehistoric evidence from the field evaluation was limited to finds of burnt flint of probable prehistoric date within hollows or shallow pits and from an alluvial deposit within Trench 1. These finds and features may have represented activity in the landscape but a general lack of artefacts and features of demonstrable prehistoric date from the evaluation tended to suggest that there was no long term settlement sites represented. A single east-west orientated Roman ditch was identified within Trench 5 at the west side of the site. The ditch contained few finds and it was possible that it lay outside of the confines of a Romano-Britissh settlement. The field ditch was probably part of a Romano-British field system based on a nearby farm and indicated that the Townmead School was utilised as farm land at this time. A further undated ditch within trench 1 was similarly orientated and may have been associated with the ditch in trench 5. No Saxon or medieval features, deposits or finds, which might have represent settlement, were identified. It was, however, likely that this land just to the south of Saxon and medieval West Drayton continued to be farmed during these periods. A single post-medieval post sherd was found from the upper fill of a wide ditch or pit within trench 2 on the eastern side of the site. An undated pit and several hollows or possible shallow pits were excavated within trench 5. Alluvial patches and a discontinuous layer were identified capping the natural gravel within some of the trenches. These demonstrated that the site was subject to a degree of flooding. Some of this flooding must have been of Roman or later date since flood deposits sealed the Roman ditch in Trench 5. [Au(adp)] |
| Author: |
Robert Masefield
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| Publisher: |
RPS Group Ltd
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| Year of Publication: |
1998
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Townmead School |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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EARLY MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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| Prehistoric (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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| Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Prehistoric (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1998
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: TOWNMEAD SCHOOL, WISE LANE, WEST DRAYTON
Study area:
Investigation type: Evaluation
District: Hillingdon
Monument: [finds]. Prehistoric, [finds]. Roman (AD43-410), [finds]. Post-medieval (1540-1901), SERVICE TRENCH. Modern (1901-present), PIT. Prehistoric, PIT. Post-medieval (1540-1901), FEATURE. Undated, DITCH. Undated, DITCH. Roman (AD43-410), HOLLOW. Undated, FEATU
Ngr: TQ05707882
Parish:
Postcode: UB7 7EA
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
