Sworn, S. (2010). Archaeological excavation at Bushbury Hill Primary School, Old Fallings Lane, Bushbury, Wolverhampton. Worcester: Worcestershire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1019162. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological excavation at Bushbury Hill Primary School, Old Fallings Lane, Bushbury, Wolverhampton
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Series:		 Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 An archaeological excavation was undertaken at Bushbury Hill Primary School, following two previous phases of trial trenching, a geophysical survey and a single watching brief. The previous projects revealed the presence of two large buildings; one was the known Bushbury Hill farmhouse, with associated outbuildings and cellars below the farmhouse were recorded. A second building lay to the north (located within the excavation area) and was a large sandstone structure that initially appeared to represent an earlier phase of the farm. The excavation concentrated on the second building located to the north of the Georgian farmhouse. This other building consisted of a north-west to south-east aligned range of five separate rooms, constructed from roughly hewn sandstone foundations topped with brick and ashlar sandstone walls. This building was dated to the mid - late 18th century from the bricks used in the construction and from material associated with underlying deposits. The building appeared to have been used primarily as an agricultural building, with the south-eastern extent having substantially deeper foundations (up to 1.60m deep) which were capped by precisely sawn ashlar blocks. This southern end of the building was possibly used as a double floored threshing barn. Threshing barns were generally considered to be the most important structures on a farm. They are over two stories in height in order to accommodate hand flail threshing, along with storage for the un-threshed grain and threshed straw. The rest of the structure may have been used as cattle sheds or stables. The floor surfaces that remain seem to support the suggestion of stable use. The level of detail and its substantial nature indicates that the building was likely to have been seen as a high quality farm building.
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Author:		 Simon Sworn
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Publisher:		 Worcestershire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2010
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Site: Bushbury Hill Primary School, Old Fallings Lane, Bushbury
Parish: WOLVERHAMPTON
District: Wolverhampton
County: West Midlands
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Bushbury Hill Primary School
Grid Reference: 392680, 302130 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BRICK (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) STABLE (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) THRESHING BARN (Monument Type England)
Mid Late 18th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
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Georgian (Auto Detected Temporal)
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OASIS Id: fieldsec1-134004
OBIB: report number 1799
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Created Date:		 25 Nov 2016