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Archaeological excavation at Cockshoot Farm, Wichenford, Worcestershire |
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Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
An archaeological excavation was undertaken on farmland immediately to the west of Cockshoot Farm in Wichenford, Worcestershire (NGR SO 7780 6160; WSM 32828). The excavation was undertaken on behalf of the Wichenford Local Heritage Group, and with the assistance of many of its members. The excavation was intended to provide further information on a possible enclosure represented by soilmarks and cropmarks. A single trench was excavated across the presumed bank and ditch of the enclosure. A ditch was identified on the approximate line of a dark soilmark and cropmark. Three sherds of 13th to 14th century pottery and one sherd of 18th century pottery were recovered from the upper fill of the ditch. No evidence of a bank was identified, although the soilmarks and cropmarks clearly indicated one. After the excavation, a geophysical survey was undertaken within the enclosure and in the area to the north by Stratascan Ltd. Geophysical anomalies broadly corresponding to the soilmarks and cropmarks were identified, and fourteen sherds of 13th to 14th century pottery were recovered from the surface of the ploughsoil. Taken together, and accounting for problems of dating and co-ordination, the archaeological evidence suggests a focus of 13th to 14th century settlement. This interpretation is consistent with documentary evidence for a holding at Cocscute in Wichenford around 1230. It is also consistent with cartographic evidence for a moat around Cockshoot farmhouse, although this may have been a later development. |
Author: |
D Miller
A Crawford
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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: |
2004
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Cockshoot Farm, Wichenford, Worcestershire |
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Worcestershire |
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Malvern Hills |
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WICHENFORD |
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England |
Grid Reference: 377800, 261600 (Easting, Northing)
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fieldsec1-238073 |
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1310 |
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01 Feb 2018 |