| Title: |
Limborough Road Development, Wantage, Oxfordshire: Archaeological Evaluation (35662a) |
| Number of Pages: |
27 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
The investigation comprised the machine excavation of 23 separate trenches. Pottery sherds of Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age date and a few flint fragments comprised a 'background' of residual prehistoric material. Evidence of Late Romano-British settlement in the form of two ditches was found. One of the ditches appeared to define an enclosure. One feature, a small gully, contained a sherd of Saxon grass-tempered pottery and no other material. On that basis it was tentatively dated to the early/middle Saxon period. Medieval finds and features were also revealed and represented activity of properties near the site. These were dated to the 12th-13th century. The features were interpreted as field boundaries or drainage ditches. In addition, many of the other trenches produced medieval and post-medieval pottery which indicated that much of the area had been used for cultivation from around the 12th century through to the 19th century when the now demolished gasworks were built. [Au(adp)] |
| Author: |
Andrew Hutcheson
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| Publisher: |
Wessex Archaeology
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| Year of Publication: |
1997
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1997
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: LIMBOROUGH ROAD, WANTAGE
Study area: 2 ha
Investigation type: Evaluation
District: Vale of White Horse
Monument: GULLY. Early Medieval (410-1066), [finds]. Early Iron Age, [finds]. Roman (AD43-410), [finds]. Post-medieval (1540-1901), [finds]. Late Bronze Age, FIELD BOUNDARY. Medieval (1066-1540), DITCH. Roman (AD43-410), DITCH. Medieval (1066-1540), [finds]. Early
Ngr: SU39858810
Parish: Wantage
Postcode: OX127AD
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
