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Archaeological monitoring and recording on land behind 66-68 Priory Bridge Road, Taunton, Somerset |
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Oakford Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
An archaeological watching brief was undertaken by Oakford Archaeology for RGB Spiller between April and May 2016 on works associated with the construction of 9 flats and associated works on land behind 66-68 Priory Bridge Road, Taunton, Somerset. The site lies on the edge of the historic core of Taunton, within the precinct of the Augustinian Priory of St Peter and St Paul, and was undeveloped until the beginning of the 20th century. Although it was anticipated that the foundations of the proposed building would be relatively shallow, it was considered possible that archaeological features and/or deposits relating to the medieval Augustinian Priory of St Peter and St Paul might survive within the footprint of the development A watching brief was maintained during the removal of concrete beam foundations and excavation of the new foundations. The former were relatively shallow and had been built within a layer of modern made ground. The excavation of foundation trenches, 0.85m in width and 0.5m in depth, was mainly contained within modern made ground. The base of the excavations revealed the top of alluvial deposits identified in 2009 on the adjacent site. No features, deposits or dating evidence were found to indicate archaeological activity within the area of the development. This is the only report on these works. |
Author: |
Marc F R Steinmetzer
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Oakford Archaeology
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Somerset HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2016
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66-68 Priory Bridge Road |
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Somerset |
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Somerset West and Taunton |
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TAUNTON |
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England |
Grid Reference: 323170, 125060 (Easting, Northing)
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01 Feb 2018 |