| Title: |
Production Facility (Building T) GlaxoSmithKline, Ware, Hertfordshire. An Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment |
| Number of Pages: |
44 |
| 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 redevelopment of one of the building units and part of the Westfields car park. The proposed development comprised a new production facility. On the basis of the evidence available it appeared that the production facility site had the potential for remains particularly dating to the Roman period. Numerous evaluations and excavations had already occurred in the vicinity, and many had provided evidence of Mesolithic, Neolithic, Iron Age, Roman or Saxon date. The proposed development lay on the periphery of the Roman settlement at Ware, which straddled Ermine Street. Archaeological work carried out in this area had unearthed sections of the Roman road in association with burials, and structures on either side of the road. Redevelopment of the old Allen & Hanbury's Sports Field had uncovered Mesolithic features including possible remains of huts and windbreaks, in association with flint scatters. Cartographic evidence suggested that the assessment area was relatively undeveloped until the early 20th century. It remained as two large fields, with only malthouses occupying the south-eastern sector, on the 1st edition 1878 OS 25" map. The land was on the western outskirts of Ware and had remained peripheral to the main town from the medieval period onwards. It was not until the construction of Allen & Hanbury's factory in 1899, and its subsequent expansion as Glaxo UK, and more recently GSK, that the site was subject to anthropogenic disturbance. [Au(adp)] |
| Author: |
C D Gibson
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| Publisher: |
Hertfordshire Archaeological Trust
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| Year of Publication: |
2001
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| Subjects / 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: PRODUCTION FACILITY (BUILDING T), GLAXOSMITHKLINE, WARE
Study area: 0.612ha
Investigation type: Desk-based
District: East Hertfordshire
Monument:
Ngr: TL35151437
Parish: Ware
Postcode: SG120DH
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
