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Archaeological Investigations along Roman Road, Hereford, 2002-2005 |
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Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
A number of extant stretches of the Roman road were identified, comprising a compacted layer of cobbles and smaller pebble gravel, bedded directly over the natural boulder clay and associated roadside ditches constructed in the mid 1st century. It was maintained down to the late 2nd or early 3rd century, the route however remained in use indicated by 3rd/4th century coins recovered. Three unurned cremation burials were identified overlying the north side of the road at Stretton Sugwas. One an older juvenile or adolescent. Radiocarbon suggests a mid/late 4th century date. Roadside activity was minimal. The surrounding landscape in the Roman period was one of open, often wet, ungrazed grassland, interspersed with occasional areas of arable cultivation and distant tree cover. There was no evidence for settlement activity immediately adjacent to the road. However, residual traces of iron smithing. A ditch on the mound at Lower Veldifer included one which drained into a large pool, possibly for stock watering. Two deep pits were thought to be quarries. Possible trackways were recorded at Yazor Brook and Stretton Sugwas. Earlier activity included two substantial Middle Iron Age ditches. They are conjectured to form a drove way, which remained visible in the landscape well into the Roman period. The mound at Lower Veldifer, previously suggested to be a prehistoric monument, was determined to be an entirely natural geological feature. |
Author: |
Laura Griffin
K Heard
Derek Hurst
A Jacobs
C D King
S Carlyle-Lancaster
A Mann
Elizabeth Pearson
T M Vaughan
Gary S Webster
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Worcestershire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Herefordshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2010
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Roman Road |
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Herefordshire |
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Herefordshire, County of |
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STRETTON SUGWAS |
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England |
Grid Reference: 346450, 242500 (Easting, Northing)
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Grid Reference: 348750, 242350 (Easting, Northing)
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fieldsec1-238850 |
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Report 1730 |
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A4 booklet
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Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |