Sheldon, S. (2014). The Former Golden Egg Restaurant, King's Square, Gloucester: Archaeological Evaluation. Cirencester: Cotswold Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1034729. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 The Former Golden Egg Restaurant, King's Square, Gloucester: Archaeological Evaluation
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Series:		 Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in February and March 2014 at the former Golden Egg Restaurant, King's Square, Gloucester. One trench was excavated. The evaluation has demonstrated that structural remains, comprising a possible compacted limestone surface and a wall, of probable Roman date, survive at a depth of between 2.65m and 3m below the present ground level (14.35m-14m AOD). Evidence of possible later Roman demolition was also revealed, as were a number of cut features, including a robber trench and two possible ditches. Due to the paucity of finds and the possibility that those recovered are residual, it remains conceivable that some, or all, of these cut features are post-Roman, and most probably medieval in origin. A series of post-medieval deposits observed sealing the latest of the identified cut features have provisionally been interpreted as heavily re-worked cultivation soils or episodes of ground makeup/levelling. The earliest deposit in this sequence contained pottery of probable 18th-century date. The change in nature of the archaeological deposits encountered, from cut features to makeup/cultivation deposits, suggests that a change in land use occurred in the King's Square area during the 17th or 18th centuries, although the reasons for this change are currently unclear. However; it is possible that they may relate to the strengthening of the City's defences and/or subsequent reorganisation brought about immediately prior to, or after the Siege of Gloucester in 1643 during the English civil war.
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Author:		 Steve Sheldon
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Publisher:		 Cotswold Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Gloucester City Council (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2014
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Site: The Former Golden Egg Restaurant, King’s Square, Gloucester
County: Gloucestershire
District: Gloucester
Parish: GLOUCESTER
Country: England
Grid Reference: 383370, 218530 (Easting, Northing)
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ROMAN (Historic England Periods) ROMAN WALL AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE (Monus)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: cotswold2-214956
OBIB: CA typescript report 14099
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Created Date:		 01 Feb 2018