Title: |
Archaeological Investigations at Arun Community Hospital: Post-Excavation Assessment and Project Design for Publication |
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Archaeology South East unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Following a Stage 1 evaluation (October 2005), an archaeological excavation was carried out by Archaeology South-East prior to the construction of a new NHS community hospital at Fitzalan Road, Littlehampton, West Sussex in January 2006. The excavation covered an area measuring approximately 25m x 16m, and was located over the position of trial trench 4, from the initial evaluation. This trench had revealed two Roman cremation urns, and several cut features, including a pit and gullies, of uncertain date. Although no further cremations were discovered, a number of linear features and pits were revealed during the excavation. The archaeological remains were generally very shallow, having been severely truncated by the foundations of the former hospital building. With the exception of several sherds of Roman grey ware pottery, the only artefacts recovered from the site were fire-cracked flints and waste flint flakes, and a small abraded fragment of possible Bronze Age pottery. A late Victorian bottle dump containing a number of stoneware bottles and glass vessels, bearing the name of a local brewery, was also found. |
Author: |
S Worrall
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Publisher: |
Archaeology South-East
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
West Sussex SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2006
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Site: |
Former Littlehampton Hospital |
Parish: |
LITTLEHAMPTON |
District: |
Arun |
County: |
West Sussex |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 503160, 102050 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
archaeol6-17944 |
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Note: |
A4 unpublished client report
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Created Date: |
24 Nov 2016 |