Walsh, A. (2017). Archaeological investigations at Quedgeley Framework Plan 5, Gloucester, Gloucestershire. Worcester: Worcestershire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1047903. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological investigations at Quedgeley Framework Plan 5, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
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Series:		 Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Two archaeological investigations were undertaken at Quedgeley Framework Plan 5, Gloucester, Gloucestershire. They were commissioned by Amec Foster Wheeler, acting on behalf of their client Quedgeley Urban Village Ltd. Outline planning permission has been granted for the mixed use development of the site. An archaeological evaluation had previously identified a number of heritage assets at the site, the significance of which may be affected by the development. The investigations revealed two key phases of archaeological activity. A period of later Iron Age activity appears to be focussed in the eastern part of the site where two large pits, which may have been watering holes, and three small ditches, were identified. The two large pits yielded pottery and animal bone, a bone comb and a possible stone weight. Well preserved organic remains including a collapsed hurdle and wooden post were also identified in the pits, and sampling of the organic deposits revealed an assemblage of plant macrofossils and pollen. The datable evidence, including three radiocarbon dates shows that the pits were infilled during the later Iron Age, and at least some of this process may have been rapid. The lack of agricultural and horticultural crops and weeds identified in the plant macro fossil and pollen assemblages indicate that crop processing was not happening in the immediate area of the site. The animal bone assemblage was too small to make any significant interpretations. A second phase of activity dating to the earlier Roman period appears to have been focused on a group of ditches which may have formed part of a drove or trackway and a ditch orientated perpendicular to the droveway. Pottery from these features dated them to the earlier Roman period. Environmental evidence from this phase of activity was limited to a small assemblage of animal bone which was dominated by the head and upper limb bones of cattle indicating that it originated as food waste.
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Author:		 Andrew Walsh ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 Worcestershire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Gloucester City Council (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2017
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Site: Quedgeley Framework Plan 5
County: Gloucestershire
District: Gloucester
Parish: QUEDGELEY
Country: England
Grid Reference: 381150, 213300 (Easting, Northing)
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IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) BONE COMB (Find)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CERAMIC (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) CERAMIC (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) HURDLE (Object England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) PLANT MACRO REMAINS (Object England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) POLLEN (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POST (Object England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) STONE WEIGHT (Find)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) DROVEWAY (Monus)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
EXCAVATION (Event)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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OASIS Id: fieldsec1-308004
OBIB: Internal report 2489
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Created Date:		 02 Jul 2018