Title: |
An archaeological watching brief of Sainsbury's supermarket, The Smithfield, Bridgnorth, Shropshire |
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Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An archaeological watching brief was undertaken at Sainsbury's supermarket, The Smithfield, Bridgnorth, Shropshire (NGR SO 714 933). It was undertaken on behalf of Arthur Amos Associates, consultants for Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, who intend to construct a new relief road and modify an existing car park, for which a planning application has been submitted. The project aimed to determine if any significant archaeological site was present and if so to indicate what its location, date and nature were. The areas made available to monitor consisted of service trenches and the area of a new relief road. No significant archaeological features, layers, structures or deposits were identified in the majority of trenches observed and no finds were recovered. Works undertaken in the northeast part of the site, next to Northgate, revealed two pits and one ditch. No dating evidence was recovered from these features and they are therefore undated. The ditch was aligned east-west at right angles to Northgate and may therefore represent a boundary off the road, associated with extra-mural roadside settlement that formed part of the Northgate suburb during the post-medieval period. Modern makeup layers were observed overlying natural deposits consisting of orange brown silty clay with bands of orange sand. During observation of service trenches in the car park to the southeast of the site no significant archaeological deposits were identified, although the groundworks made available for monitoring were only excavated to a maximum depth of 0.30m. |
Author: |
A Lee
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Publisher: |
Worcestershire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Shropshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2009
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Locations: |
Site: |
Sainsbury's supermarket, The Smithfield |
Parish: |
BRIDGNORTH |
District: |
Shropshire |
County: |
Shropshire |
Country: |
England |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Northgate |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Sainsburys |
Grid Reference: 371400, 293300 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN
(Historic England Periods)
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NONE
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UNCERTAIN
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NONE
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Postmedieval Period Modern (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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WATCHING BRIEF
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OASIS Id: |
fieldsec1-133812 |
OBIB: |
Report no. 1674 |
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Created Date: |
25 Nov 2016 |