Title: |
Archaeological Watching Brief at Danesbury House, Sidbury, Worcester |
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Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
A late-Roman/post-Roman 'dark earth' deposit, commonly found in urban situations in Britain and thought to have formed when habitation and craft areas were converted to market gardens towards the end of the Roman period was recorded. This deposit was found to contain pottery dating from the 12th - 14th centuries, suggesting prolonged re-use and turning of the soils into the medieval period. Cut into this dark deposit were a number of later features, including a partially exposed tile hearth, constructed from re-used medieval roof tiles, a small bone filled pit of unknown date, a circular brick well of possible Victorian date and an in-filled brick cellar, probably dating from either the 18th or 19th century. Below the dark deposit was a layer of partially exposed sub-rounded cobbles. This cobble layer, though undated, may be inferred as a Roman surface. The area around the site has, in the past, revealed a number of similar surfaces that have been identified as Roman roads/tracks. The survival of both the possible late-Roman/post-Roman 'dark earth' deposits and the extant remains of a cobble surface of a probable Roman date only 0.12 - 0.80m below the surface is of importance and interest. Though considerable modern truncation has taken place in the area of the evaluation, the survival of these deposits indicate the potential to extend the knowledge of both the Roman infrastructure and the later land usage on the periphery of the early medieval city. |
Author: |
A Jacobs
S J Sworn
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Publisher: |
Worcestershire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Worcester City SMR and UAD (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2006
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Locations: |
Site: |
Danesbury House, Sidbury, Worcester |
County: |
Worcestershire |
District: |
Worcester |
Parish: |
WORCESTER |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 385199, 254446 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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CERAMIC
(Object England)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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DARK EARTH
(Monus)
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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HARD STANDING, DARK EARTH
(Monus)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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TILE HEARTH, PIT, WELL, CELLAR
(Monus)
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WATCHING BRIEF
(Event)
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
fieldsec1-236712 |
OBIB: |
Report 1458 |
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Note: |
A4 booklet
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Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |