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An Archaeological Watching Brief on Land at Rainford Tennis Club, Rainford, Merseyside. Site Code 150. Assessment Report. |
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Museum of Liverpool Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
An archaeological watching brief was conducted during the construction of new courts for Rainford Tennis Club. The watching brief found a series of north-south and east-west aligned ditches, gullies, pits and trackways, most of which had been deliberately filled with large quantities of post medieval pottery. The ditches and trackways formed part of the field systems shown on early 19th century mapping of the area, though some are not shown on the 1841 Tithe Map or 1850 OS map of the area which suggests that they had been filled in prior to the survey of the maps, perhaps in the 1830s. The gullies appear to have been intended to improve the site's drainage whilst the pits were probably excavated to extract sand. The excavation recovered large quantities of post-medieval pottery and kiln waste dating to the 17th and 18th centuries (approximately 10000 sherds weighing 2 tonnes). Much of the pottery is badly distorted and unusable and clearly represents waste from production rather than the disposal of domestic waste. However, several near-complete vessels were recovered. The assemblage also contains clay tobacco pipes of a similar date range to the pottery, though most or all of these are probably discards from use rather than evidence of production. |
Author: |
Mark H Adams
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Publisher: |
National Museums Liverpool
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Please note: this record has been validated by-proxy by Historic England.
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Year of Publication: |
2013
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Locations: |
Parish: |
RAINFORD |
Site: |
Rainford Tennis Club |
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Merseyside |
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St Helens |
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England |
Grid Reference: 347780, 400650 (Easting, Northing)
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liverpoo1-232992 |
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Assessment report |
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Created Date: |
18 Aug 2017 |