| Title: |
Report on an Archaeological Excavation at 115 Exeter Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire May 1998 |
| Number of Pages: |
41 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An excavation was carried out at a proposed development site where an earlier evaluation had identified medieval and post-medieval walls and floor layers. The excavation revealed a number of stake-holes, which may have indicated a light, temorary structure, preceding two mortar-bonded stone walls forming either two rooms or two separate houses. The more northerly room had been further sub-divided by later clay-bonded stone walls. A series of floors dated by pottery to the 13th-15th centuries butted these walls, with levelling and occupation layers between. A charcoal-rich layer in the south-west may have indicated copper- or bronze-working. To the east of the rear wall a change of slope, either natural or artificial, was overlain by a series of thick layers of silty material. The lowest of these was natural alluvium, followed by layers containing finds dating from between the 13th and the 18th centuries. The uppermost layers were interpreted as garden soils. A sub-circular feature containing 15th and 16th century pottery was sealed by these layers. Demolition layers overlay the walls, and were followed by further floor, levelling and occupation layers. These were sealed by a demolition layer formed during the 1960s. The quantity of roof tile was high, but pottery and animal bone counts were low. This was consistent with records from other sites within Salisbury. [Au] |
| Author: |
P Higgins
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| Publisher: |
Southern Archaeological Services Ltd
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| Year of Publication: |
1998
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Salisbury Au |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| 16th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 13th15th Centuries (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 18th Centuries (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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| 13th (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: 115 EXETER STREET, SALISBURY
Study area:
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Salisbury
Monument: FEATURE. Medieval (1066-1540), [finds]. Medieval (1066-1540), PIT. Post-medieval (1540-1901), [stake hole]. Medieval (1066-1540), WALL. Post-medieval (1540-1901), POST HOLE. Post-medieval (1540-1901), [finds]. Post-medieval (1540-1901), WALL. Medieval (10
Ngr: SU14532938
Parish:
Postcode: SP1 2SQ
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
