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WILLOW DENE, THE FRIARY, OLD WINDSOR, WINDSOR, SL4 2NS ARCHAEOLOGICAL WATCHING BRIEF |
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| Abstract: |
An archaeologist maintained a presence on site during the course of all excavations
for the new build that would potentially disturb or destroy archaeological remains.
This included the excavations for foundation, service/drainage trenches, where they
were considered to impact on archaeological layers. The work did not include the
observance of the excavations of the backfilled swimming pool. The pool was greater
than 2m in depth and the original excavation for it would have removed any
underlying archaeology.
There was no archaeological observance of the demolition of the former dwelling,
removal of building platform, and removal of foundations. This area had already been
removed and backfilled by the demolition company before the archaeologist was
asked to attend site.
An archaeologist was present during the excavation of the foundation trenches for the
new property. The trenches were c. 0.7m wide and between 1.3m – 1.5m deep. The last phase of monitoring consisted of the monitoring the excavation of a service
trench located running east – west at the front of the development. This was excavated through previously disturbed ground to expose the original services and
continued watching of this was not considered necessary.
The new build for the garage was to be built on the original hard standing so there
was no necessity for archaeological observance in this area. The nature of the excavations made it difficult to identify ditch cuts in plan but what
could be identified in section indicated a very wide ditch, 14, which survived as quite
a shallow feature in proportion to its breadth. The fill of this ditch contained no finds but it was observed cutting a subsoil layer from which a single sherd of pottery was
recovered that could be dated to Late Bronze Age - Early Iron Age. It has been
considered that this type of pottery became more common in the Thames Valley
during the Earliest Iron Age and the feature may be of this phase or later. This ditch
was later re-cut by a narrower ditch, 16, that contained a sherd of pottery dated from
the Middle Bronze Age to the Middle Iron Age. With consideration of the dating of
the earlier phase, this re-cut is also considered to date to the Iron Age or later. A
further negative feature, 8, was undated but may have been a continuation of the ditch
re-cut or a similar but separate feature.
Except for a fragment of ceramic tile recovered from a demolition layer, no other
finds or features were recovered from the site. |
| Author: |
G Davis
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John Moore Heritage Services
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| Year of Publication: |
2016
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Old Windsor |
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Berkshire |
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England |
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Windsor and Maidenhead |
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Grid Reference: 499125, 174282 (Easting, Northing)
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johnmoor1-503569 |
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This report was uploaded to the OASIS system by the named Publisher. The report has been transferred into the ADS Library for public access and to facilitate future research.
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21 Apr 2022 |
