| Title: |
Land at North Bar, Banbury, Oxfordshire. Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment |
| Number of Pages: |
51 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An archaeological desk-based assessment was undertaken in advance of the proposed residential redevelopment of the site. The main consideration in recommending a suitable course of action was that the archaeological and historical evidence indicated that the site lay within the medieval borough of Banbury. Cartographic and documentary evidence demonstrated that the site had been in constant use since at least the 18th century. It was known that the North Bar gate was created in the 12th century and certainly existed at least in the early 13th century, with the street in existence by at least the 15th century. The site of the North Bar was likely to be underneath the current road. The building of houses was known to have taken place in the area in the 17th century, with substantial rebuilding after the Civil War. While the northern portion of the proposal area had been heavily developed in post-medieval times there was no evidence to suggest that this development had led to extensive truncation of archaeologically relevant levels on the site, although it was inevitable that some disturbance would have occurred. The archaeological evaluation on the adjoining block suggested that the western portion of the proposal area may have been a marshland environment. The areas identified as being of greatest archaeological potential lay along the eastern boundary of the proposal site, along North Bar Street. The southern portion of the site, comprising Phase II of the development proposal, was markedly higher than the northern portion of the site. This may have been partially built up, although the land-use history of this areas in post-medieval times suggested that this was a natural topographic feature. The limited use of the westernmost portion of the area, backing onto the Leys, increased the potential survival of any remains in this area. There was a high possibility for the presence of medieval and post-medieval deposits within the proposal area. There was a much smaller possibility of prehistoric, Roman and Saxon deposits being present. [Au(adp)] |
| Author: |
L-M Hardy
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| Publisher: |
Thames Valley Archaeological Services Ltd
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| Year of Publication: |
2001
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Banbury |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
North Bar gate |
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Auadp |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
North Bar |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
North Bar Street |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Prehistoric Roman (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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| Early 13th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 18th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 17th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 15th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 12th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Saxon (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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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: LAND AT NORTH BAR, BANBURY
Study area: 1.1ha
Investigation type: Desk-based
District: Cherwell
Monument:
Ngr: SP45304070
Parish: Banbury
Postcode: OX160TE
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
