Woodiwiss, S. (2013). Heritage impact assessment at Vineyards Weir, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. Worcester: Worcestershire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1026334. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Heritage impact assessment at Vineyards Weir, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
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Series:		 Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 A heritage impact assessment for the historic environment was undertaken on behalf of the Environment Agency at Vineyards Weir, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire (SO 88975 32263).The client intends to modify the weir to improve fish passage. Vineyard Weir is on the River Swilgate about 270m upstream from its confluence with the River Avon lying within the Abbey Meadows which lie to the south of Tewkesbury Abbey. The Weir itself consists of large stone blocks, four courses above a larger plinth. The downstream face is formed by roughly broken stone blocks forming an incline. A reinforced concrete sluice (no longer functioning) has been inserted at a later date. A few of the blocks appear to have been more finely shaped and it is possible that buildings related to the abbey (much of which was demolished in 1540) are the source. There is good evidence for prehistoric to Roman activity in the near vicinity of the weir including an excavated Bronze Age enclosure and Roman cemetery to the south west of the weir and the Roman road from Birmingham to Gloucester located 285m to the east. The weir lies within an area that has been identified as the location of the abbey's fishponds although other fishponds lay to the east. There is a 14th century mention of a weir associated with the abbey but this does not necessarily refer to this particular structure, nor to this location. The date of the construction of the extant weir is unlikely to be medieval, but it was in existence before 1886. There is some potential for medieval remains of an earlier weir to exist on the site.
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Author:		 S Woodiwiss
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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:		 2013
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Site: Vineyards Weir
Parish: TEWKESBURY
District: Tewkesbury
County: Gloucestershire
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Abbey Meadows
Location - Auto Detected: Gloucester
Location - Auto Detected: River Swilgate
Location - Auto Detected: River Avon
Location - Auto Detected: Birmingham
Location - Auto Detected: Tewkesbury Abbey
Grid Reference: 388975, 232263 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) NONE (Find)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) ABBEY (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BATTLEFIELD (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CASTLE (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) CEMETERY (Monument Type England)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) ROAD (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SETTLEMENT (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) WINDMILL (Monument Type England)
Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal)
14th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
Prehistoric (Auto Detected Temporal)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
1540 (Auto Detected Temporal)
Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal)
DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH (Event)
DESK BASED ASSESSMENT (Event)
FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT) (Event)
CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL (Event)
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OASIS Id: fieldsec1-172046
OBIB: Report number 2041
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Created Date:		 28 Nov 2016