Hislop, M. and Ramsey, E. (2006). Fort and Tower Works, Wolverhampton: An Archaeological Desk-based Assessment 2006. Birmingham: Birmingham Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1001412. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Fort and Tower Works, Wolverhampton: An Archaeological Desk-based Assessment 2006
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Series:		 Birmingham Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 An archaeological desk-based assessment and building survey was carried out at the Fort and Tower Works, Wolverhampton (BCSMR 13254 and 13587, centred on NGR SO 904980) on behalf of Wolverhampton City Council. The work was requested in order to help to inform future decisions on the sites. The two works comprise the major part of two street blocks within the western suburbs of Wolverhampton, and the Fort Works is included in the Council''s Local List of Buildings, Gardens, Parks and Archaeological Sites of Special Historic Interest. The assessment concluded that two nationally renowned and locally important companies, involved in three of Wolverhampton''s key industries, had occupied the sites. The original buildings known as the Ashes Works, on the Tower Works site, belonged to Joseph Brazier, gunlock maker, and are likely to date from the early 19th century. At the end of the 19th century the sites were then occupied by cycle manufacturers, including the Clyno Company, which was first involved in motorcycle manufacturing, and was later a successful car manufacturer in the early 20th century. Though the buildings underwent many additions and alterations over time, the assessment identified that a substantial amount of earlier building fabric had been incorporated into the present standing buildings. The assessment has also highlighted the potential for earlier below-ground archaeological deposits relating to the early gunlock makers to survive beneath the Tower Works.
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Author:		 M Hislop
E Ramsey
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Publisher:		 Birmingham Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Black Country SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2006
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Site: Fort and Tower Works, Wolverhampton
Parish: WOLVERHAMPTON
District: Wolverhampton
County: West Midlands
Country: England
Grid Reference: 390400, 298000 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) ORDNANCE FACTORY (Monument Type England)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) VEHICLE ENGINEERING SITE (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) VEHICLE ENGINEERING SITE (Monument Type England)
DESK BASED ASSESSMENT (Event)
FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT) (Event)
DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: birmingh2-19113
OBIB: Report No. 1381
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Created Date:		 23 Nov 2016