Coyne, J. (2019). Birmingham Smithfield Development, Birmingham, West Midlands: Archaeological Watching Brief. Cirencester: Cotswold Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1075663. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Birmingham Smithfield Development, Birmingham, West Midlands: Archaeological Watching Brief
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Series:		 Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 An archaeological watching brief was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology for GIP UK during pre-application groundworks associated with the potential redevelopment of the site at Birmingham Smithfield Development, Birmingham, West Midlands. Principle interest in the site derives from the potential for the presence of medieval activity in the form of buried remains of a moated manor and associated structures identified in the northeastern part of the site through rescue excavation in the 1970s. The groundworks comprised the excavation of 22 hand-dug test pits and boreholes which reached the underlying natural substrate at depths ranging from 0.8m to 5.9m below present ground level. No features or deposits of archaeological significance were identified during these groundworks, and no artefactual material pre-dating the modern period was recovered, despite two boreholes being located in close proximity to the anticipated location of the former moat and manor platform. Borehole WS18, revealed natural substrate at 0.8m bpgl, and was located in the putative location of the moat surrounding the former manor. The recorded depth of natural substrate and the evidence of the recorded sample do not, however, suggest infilled moat material. The evidence could, however, suggest that this borehole lay adjacent to the infilled moat, allowing for a margin of error in historical recording. WS19, located inside the putative circuit of the moat, revealed 'made ground' to 2.4m bpgl, again with no evidence of infilled moat material. This could indicate substantial levels of ground reduction or modification in the area, especially where one may anticipate evidence of the former house platform perhaps at less great depth.
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Author:		 J Coyne
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Publisher:		 Cotswold Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Birmingham City HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2019
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Site: Birmingham Smithfield Development
County: West Midlands
District: Birmingham
Parish: BIRMINGHAM
Country: England
Grid Reference: 407372, 286326 (Easting, Northing)
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20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) BUILDING (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BUILDING (Monument Type England)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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OBIB: MK0069_1
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Created Date:		 16 Apr 2020