Clarke, S. and Elsworth, D. W. (2008). Land to the Rear of 3 Castle Street, Kendal, Cumbria: archaeological watching brief. Ulverston: Greenlane Archaeology Ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1003560. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land to the Rear of 3 Castle Street, Kendal, Cumbria: archaeological watching brief
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Series:		 Greenlane Archaeology Ltd unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 The desk-based assessment revealed that the proposed development site is situated to the rear of plots of probable medieval origin situated along Wildman Street to the north-west. The origins of this street are uncertain, but it probably formed an extension of Stramongate, which was certainly in existence by the 13th century. Wildman Street is also occupied by two important early buildings: the Castle Dairy, which is though to be of 14th century origin, and Sleddale Hall, dated to the 1660s. The development site is situated on land that was utilised for the building of an Infants' School in 1830, which remained in existence until it was demolished 1990; the schoolmaster's house is still present. The watching brief revealed a remarkably deep sequence of deposits, primarily the result of the demolition of the school and earlier phases of tipping or demolition, perhaps intended to level the ground or raise it above the flood plain of the nearby confluence of the River Kent and Stock Beck. Beneath these layers was a well preserved medieval soil horizon containing a remarkable large collection of pottery, principally of late 12th to early 13th date. Cut into this deposit and the natural clay beneath were a series of linear features and pits, probably of 17th or 18th century origin but of uncertain purpose. They appear to be on the same alignment as the extant property boundaries and may be marking the position of earlier ones that were re-organised in the early 19th century.
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Author:		 S Clarke
Daniel W Elsworth
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Publisher:		 Greenlane Archaeology Ltd
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cumbria HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2008
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Site: Land to the Rear of 3 Castle Street, Kendal, Cumbria
Parish: KENDAL
District: South Lakeland
County: Cumbria
Country: England
Grid Reference: 353960, 493020 (Easting, Northing)
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MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POT (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POT (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Infants School (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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OASIS Id: greenlan1-40468
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Created Date:		 23 Nov 2016