Bush, S. (2020). Callendar Farm, Nuneaton, Warwickshire: Archaeological Evaluation. Cirencester: Cotswold Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1090719. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Callendar Farm, Nuneaton, Warwickshire: Archaeological Evaluation
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Series:		 Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 In June and July 2020, Cotswold Archaeology carried out an archaeological evaluation at Callendar Farm, Nuneaton, Warwickshire. A total of 151 trenches were excavated across the 33.87ha site. Evidence for prehistoric activity comprised fragments of quern stone of Iron Age form. These derived from a pit within an area of Roman activity and given the absence of Iron Age pottery from any features on site, the quern may have simply been brought onto site from elsewhere as a still useful tool. Three areas of Roman activity were identified, with the pottery assemblage from the site suggesting activity spanning the 1st to 4th centuries AD. The earliest phase of activity comprised a potential ring gulley in field 5, which appears to be of 1st century AD. Ditches, gullies and a possible corn dryer were investigated in the central part of the site( field 4) while a ditch investigated in field 8, contained large quantities of pottery suggesting proximity to a settlement. The features in fields 4 and 8 date to the 2nd-4th centuries AD, suggesting that activity continued into the late Roman period. With the exception of two potential eaves drip gullies in field 5, no other structural evidence was recorded although the large quantities of CBM, particularly roof types, recovered from features in field 4 suggest the presence of Romanised structures in the vicinity. Areas of ridge and furrow were encountered across the site. While only a single sherd of residual medieval pottery was recovered from the site, from a post-medieval pit, the ridge and furrow likely originated in the medieval period, continuing in use into the post-medieval period. Quarrying/clay extraction appears to have been common in the post-medieval period with a concentration of pits recorded to the west of the site. Proximity to Watling Street may have been a factor here with material dug for road repairs. Probable quarry pits were recorded elsewhere within the site.
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Author:		 S Bush
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Publisher:		 Cotswold Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2020
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District: Nuneaton and Bedworth
Parish: Nuneaton and Bedworth, unparished area
Country: England
County: Warwickshire
Grid Reference: 438539, 293469 (Easting, Northing)
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TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
RIDGE AND FURROW (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL RIDGE AND FURROW (Tag)
CORN DRYING OVEN (Monument Type England)
ROMAN CORN DRYING OVEN (Tag)
RING DITCH (Monument Type England)
ROMAN RING DITCH (Tag)
GULLY (Monument Type England)
ROMAN GULLY (Tag)
DITCH (Monument Type England)
ROMAN DITCH (Tag)
SETTLEMENT (Monument Type England)
ROMAN SETTLEMENT (Tag)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: cotswold2-414432
OBIB: MK0223_1
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Created Date:		 28 Mar 2022