| Title: |
The Archaeological Evaluation of Land at Drayton House, Oving, West Sussex |
| Number of Pages: |
10 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An evaluation was carried out within an area proposed for future mineral extraction. The site lay in an area of the West Sussex coastal plain which was particularly rich in archaeological sites. Although none had been formally recorded within the site itself, information from local metal-detector users indicated that a Roman coin had been found in the western half of the site, and that bronze casting waste had been found in an adjacent field to the south-east. The evaluation trenches were located in order to investigate cropmarks visible on aerial photographs of the site. A number of archaeological features were revealed, including three ditches which represented the remains of a prominent land boundary, shown on maps dating from 1558 to 1912. Ditches observed within two further trenches and a large feature in trench no. 38 represented the remains of a field boundary and pond shown on maps from 1778 to 1912. Other ditches presumably dated from earlier than 1558; they may have been prehistoric, Roman or medieval, although the absence of any finds from the latter two periods would seem to have indicated a prehistoric date. Bronze Age cremations and undated post-holes and gullies were also recorded. Worked flints indicated Mesolithic activity at the site, and two concentrations of later prehistoric flints were identified. One of these may have indicated Bronze Age settlement, whilst the second indicated Iron Age settlement, and was associated with the Bronze Age cremation cemetery. Finds from the later Iron Age and Roman periods were significantly lacking. [AIP] |
| Author: |
J Kenny
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| Publisher: |
Southern Archaeology (Chichester) Ltd
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| Year of Publication: |
1997
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
West Sussex |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Iron Age (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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ROMAN
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| 1558 To 1912 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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BRONZE AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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MESOLITHIC
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PREHISTORIC
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| Roman (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Prehistoric Date Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Later Prehistoric (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1997
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: DRAYTON HOUSE, OVING
Study area: 14.7ha
Investigation type: Evaluation
District: Chichester
Monument: CREMATION. Bronze Age, [cropmark]. Undated, BOUNDARY DITCH. Post-medieval (1540-1901), DITCH. Undated, GULLY. Undated, POST HOLE. Undated, [finds]. Bronze Age, [finds]. Iron Age, [finds]. Mesolithic, POND. Post-medieval (1540-1901), [finds]. Roman (AD43-4
Ngr: SU88500430
Parish: Oving
Postcode: PO201EJ
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
