| Title: |
Cumbria College of Art and Design, Carlisle, Cumbria. Archaeological Watching Brief (2001-2/128) |
| Number of Pages: |
38 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An archaeological watching brief was carried out within the walled garden. The College was situated in an area which had been identified as being of high archaeological importance (SAM 28484). The main college building was situated between the line of Hadrian's Wall and the probable course of the associated Vallum, c.200m to the south-east of the Wall. It was only c.60m north-east of the north-eastern defences of the Roman fort of Stanwic, the largest fort on Hadrian's Wall. An earlier evaluation had identified a large 'V'-shaped ditch running north/south, parallel and adjacent to the east side of the fort at Stanvix; it was believed that this may have been a Roman military ditch relating to the fort. The watching brief involved the recording of what were relatively superficial interventions. The work initially consisted of the observation of topsoil stripping to a depth of 0.3m across the entire site. This revealed the walls of earlier greenhouses along the north-west wall, a brick and sandstone structure halfway along the south-west side, and the remains of a sandstone wall aligned north-east/south-west in the southern part of the site. The second part of the work involved the monitoring of groundworks for the insertion of two ducts, five drainage trenches, and seven water storage gullies. No significant archaeological features were recorded within these interventions and the only features present were recent drains and services which truncated the natural subsoils and underlying drift geology. No evidence of the possible Roman military ditch found in the earlier evaluation within the western part of the garden was seen, mainly as a result of the positioning of the trenches. The results demonstrated that no archaeology of any significance was disturbed by the development and that the Roman archaeological deposits, identified by the earlier evaluation, would be preserved in situ. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
V Hughes
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| Publisher: |
Oxford Archaeology (North)
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| Year of Publication: |
2002
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Hadrians Wall |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Roman (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2002
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: CUMBRIA COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, CARLISLE
Study area:
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Carlisle
Monument: [finds]. Modern (1901-present), STRUCTURE. Post-medieval (1540-1901), FEATURE. Post-medieval (1540-1901), DITCH. Undated, WALL. Undated, GLASSHOUSE. Post-medieval (1540-1901), [finds]. Post-medieval (1540-1901)
Ngr: NY40305730
Parish:
Postcode: CA3 9BB
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
