Cheetham, J. L. and Elgy, C. (2008). Assessment of the burial environment at Street's Garage, Droitwich: a review of the data collected between May 2006 and August 2007. Worcester: Worcestershire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1037588. Cite this using datacite

Title The title of the publication or report Title:	Assessment of the burial environment at Street's Garage, Droitwich: a review of the data collected between May 2006 and August 2007
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DOI The DOI (digital object identifier) for the publication or report. DOI	https://doi.org/10.5284/1037588
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Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report Abstract:	A programme of monitoring and water testing was undertaken at Street's Garage, Droitwich, Worcestershire (NGR SO 9022 6346) by Wessex Archaeology and Worcestershire Historic Environment and Archaeology Service between May 2006 and August 2007 on behalf of CgMs. Proposed development on the site has been flagged as having the potential for causing an adverse impact upon an area with a demonstrated potential for the preservation of valuable organic archaeological remains. Part of the site falls within Scheduled Ancient Monument 30097. Monitoring of the burial environment has been carried out by means of piezometer clusters located in three locations on and near to the site. Each cluster consists of three piezometers located to different depths, all installed during coring for evaluation purposes. The monitoring data has indicated that normal conditions exist within the soil profile on this site, providing good conditions for the preservation of archaeological remains. This takes the form of increasingly reduced conditions with depth and a simple hydrostratigraphy with unconfined conditions yielding a water table that exists relatively close to the ground surface. Chemical analysis show the presence of aerobic metabolic activity near to the ground surface which lessens with depth. Reduced sulphate levels suggest the possibility of anaerobic conditions that exist even though such levels are not supported in redox monitoring data. This is probably a reflection of the relatively low resolution approach to the monitoring of the burial environment. The conclusions for this work are in line with those presented by Cheetham in 2006 but, with the additional data available, the burial environment has been shown to be more reduced than initially indicated, as the conditions settle after the disturbance from drilling the boreholes. The majority of the data falls into the highly reduced category on the scale indicated in Patrick and Mahapatra (1968).
Author The authors of this publication or report Author:	James L Cheetham C Elgy
Publisher The publisher of the publication or report Publisher:	Worcestershire Archaeology
Other Person/Org Other people or organisations for this publication or report Other Person/Org:	Historic England (OASIS Reviewer) Worcestershire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published Year of Publication:	2008
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. Locations:	Site: Street's Garage County: Worcestershire District: Wychavon Parish: DROITWICH SPA Country: England Grid Reference: 390220, 263460 (Easting, Northing)
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Created Date The date the record of the pubication was first entered Created Date:	01 Feb 2018

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