Bradley, R. (2016). Archaeological investigations at land south of Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Worcester: Worcestershire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1040063. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological investigations at land south of Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
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Series:		 Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Two phases of archaeological investigation were undertaken from late May until July 2015 on land to the south of Mytton Oak Road, on the west side of Shrewsbury, Shropshire (NGR: SJ 46540 12030). The work was commissioned by CgMs Consulting on behalf of their clients, Bovis Homes Limited and Barratt Homes West Midlands. The site was known to contain cropmarks considered to represent a series of rectilinear enclosures to the north of a possible trackway which had previously been subject to a desk-based assessment, geophysical survey and archaeological evaluation. Four separate areas were investigated, revealing multiple phases of activity across the site. Activity of medieval and later date was the most prominent, probably representing the remains of a small farmstead dating from the 12th century, if not earlier, until the 13thor 14th century. A corn-drier was found in association with a timber built building and a rich assemblage of burnt but well-preserved cultivated oat grains, which suggest an arable regime which had a reliance on oat as the principal cereal crop. Significant Early Bronze Age activity was also revealed. The presence of an urn inverted over a cremation deposit was of particular significance, and suggests the area formed part of the funerary landscape in this period. Scientific dating of the in situ urn, as well as the cremated bone within, suggested that the burial took place around 2000BC. This is of high regional significance, being one of the few cremation deposits that is well-recorded and has had the enclosing vessel independently dated. The absence of demonstrable activity during the intervening timespan suggests that there was no continuity of activity from the early prehistoric to the medieval period.
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Author:		 R Bradley
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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:		 2016
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Site: Land south of Mytton Oak Road
Parish: SHREWSBURY
District: Shropshire
County: Shropshire
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Mytton Oak Road Shrewsbury Shropshire
Location - Auto Detected: Mytton Oak Road
Location - Auto Detected: Homes West Midlands
Location - Auto Detected: Shrewsbury Shropshire
Grid Reference: 346540, 312030 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BRICK (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) BURIAL URN (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) CEREAL GRAIN (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CEREAL GRAIN (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) CREMATION (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) HEARTHSTONE (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) HUMAN REMAINS (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) MAMMAL REMAINS (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) MAMMAL REMAINS (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) MAMMAL REMAINS (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) NAIL (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) QUERN (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SEEDS (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SLAG (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) TILE (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) TILE (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) WHEAT GRAIN (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) WHEAT GRAIN (Object England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) WHETSTONE (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BEAM SLOT (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BOUNDARY DITCH (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CORN DRYING OVEN (Monument Type England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) CREMATION (Monument Type England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DRAINAGE DITCH (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Furrow (Monus)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) GULLY (Monument Type England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POND (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) GRUBENHAUS (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) TREE THROW (Monument Type England)
12th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal)
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EARLY PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)
Medieval Period (Auto Detected Temporal)
13thor 14th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
Early Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal)
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OASIS Id: fieldsec1-258938
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Created Date:		 28 Nov 2016