Keith Lucas, F. (2011). Desk-Based Assessment of Common Side, Astley Cross, Stourport, Worcestershire. Worcester: Worcestershire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1041842. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Desk-Based Assessment of Common Side, Astley Cross, Stourport, Worcestershire
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Series:		 Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 A desk-based assessment was undertaken on behalf of Taylor Wimpey (Midland) of Common Side, Astley Cross, Stourport, Worcestershire (centred on NGR SO 802 693; HER ref WSM 45753). The site occupies a triangular parcel of land at the junction between Pearl Lane (the B4194) and Areley Common (the B4196), from which no archaeological activity has yet been recorded. Nevertheless, excavations in the immediate vicinity reveal the site to lie within a complex prehistoric landscape utilised from the Mesolithic to the Romano-British period. A palaeochannel marks the course of a small stream which once flowed across the site from its source in the north-east corner towards a pool at Longmore Hill Farm, the nearby site of a finds-rich late Neolithic pit. This stream follows a valley between rolling hills upon which a Bronze Age round barrow, and Iron Age and Romano-British settlement and enclosure have been identified and excavated. The stream is thought likely to have attracted activity from these communities, each of which may have left its mark in the archaeological record. Whilst Redstone Road to the north, and the B4194, are known to have been important roads during the medieval period, no associated archaeological evidence is expected within the study site as the settlement focus and medieval priory were located some distance away at Astley. The site lay within a larger common field system during the medieval and post medieval periods, enclosed only in 1811 by a Parliamentary Act. Since this time, the site has been subject to arable farming which is thought to have had minimal impact upon the potential underlying archaeology.
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Author:		 Fiona Keith Lucas
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Publisher:		 Worcestershire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Worcestershire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2011
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Site: Common Side, Astley Cross, Stourport
County: Worcestershire
District: Malvern Hills
Parish: ASTLEY AND DUNLEY
Country: England
Grid Reference: 380200, 269300 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) LINEAR CROP MARK (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) MILESTONE (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) PALAEOCHANNEL (Monument Type England)
DESK BASED ASSESSMENT (Event)
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FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT) (Event)
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OASIS Id: fieldsec1-236205
OBIB: Report 1849
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Created Date:		 18 Aug 2017