McPhillips, S. (2009). Land off Crewe Road, Basford West, Crewe: Archaeological Evaluation. Oxford: Oxford Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1016905. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land off Crewe Road, Basford West, Crewe: Archaeological Evaluation
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Series:		 Oxford Archaeological Unit unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Goodman Ltd, acting on behalf of Taylor Woodrow Property Co Ltd, commissioned Oxford Archaeology North (OAN) to undertake an archaeological evaluation at land off Crewe Road, Basford West, Crewe, Cheshire. Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council has granted planning permission with a condition requiring a programme of archaeological evaluation. In order to establish the nature and extent of any buried remains, and inform any requirement for mitigation, OAN carried out the archaeological evaluation in November 2008. The evaluation comprised the excavation of six trenches across the development site. Four targeted anomalies of archaeological potential identified from the geophysical survey (GSB 2003). The remaining two trenches were positioned over the historical township boundary dividing Shavington-cum-Gresty and Basford in order to investigate its date of construction and formation. Evidence for any archaeological remains in Trenches 1-4 was limited. The trenches through the township boundary, Trenches 5-6, revealed a substantial bank surviving up to 1.3m high, lined along its western side with a putative ditch. No evidence for the date of construction of the township boundary bank and ditch was ascertained during the trenching. The results of micromorphological assessment suggested that the in situ post-depositional soil formation may imply a long period of use, and the pollen content suggested that the surrounding land was mainly pasture when the ditch was being recut during the on-going maintenance. Any sign of arable activity in the area was not noted until late in the pollen sequence when the ditch was becoming infilled.
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Author:		 S McPhillips
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Publisher:		 Oxford Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cheshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2009
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Site: Land off Crewe Road, Basford West, Crewe
Parish: SHAVINGTON CUM GRESTY
District: Cheshire East
County: Cheshire
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Crewe Road Basford West Crewe Cheshire Crewe
Location - Auto Detected: Nantwich
Location - Auto Detected: Basford
Grid Reference: 370800, 353200 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) NONE (Find)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Relict Agricultural Landscape (Monus)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) TOWNSHIP BOUNDARY (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: oxfordar1-90917
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Created Date:		 25 Nov 2016