Moon K. (2014). Land West of Shottery Stratford-Upon-Avon Warwickshire. Oxford: Oxford Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1094983. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land West of Shottery Stratford-Upon-Avon Warwickshire
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Abstract:		 153 trenches were excavated in two blocks, following a geophysical survey which showed little obviously significant archaeology. Traces of ridge-and-furrow (the result of long-term medieval/ post-medieval 'open field' agriculture) were apparent on the geophysical survey throughout the evaluation area, but do not survive as earthworks. Prehistoric features include a possible human cremation burial in Trench 132 (containing 22g of burnt human bone) associated with four worked flints consistent with a Late Mesolithic or Early Neolithic date. The cremation deposit was dominated by charcoal with a few poorly preserved charred cereal grains present. A single sherd of Middle Neolithic Peterborough ware pottery was recovered from a ditch in the adjacent Trench 129. The results from Trenches 129 and 132, taken together, suggest that south-eastern field may contain an ephemeral Neolithic funerary site. A single N-S aligned Roman ditch in Trenches 112 and 114, and a small pit with a charcoal-rich fill in Trench 118 were the only probable Roman features encountered, which are tentatively dated on the basis of four sherds of pottery from four separate contexts. N Later medieval / post-medieval features include a single 14th-15th century rubbish pit in Trench 130, and several former field boundary ditches. A small group of hearths in Trench 48 has no associated dating evidence.
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Author:		 Moon K
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Publisher:		 Oxford Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2014
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County: Warwickshire
District: Stratford-on-Avon
Country: England
Parish: Stratford-upon-Avon
Grid Reference: 417699, 254999 (Easting, Northing)
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ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
LATE MESOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
MIDDLE NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
LATE MESOLITHIC CREMATION (Tag)
ROMAN DITCH (Tag)
MIDDLE NEOLITHIC DITCH (Tag)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
DITCH (Monument Type England)
CREMATION (Monument Type England)
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Created Date:		 17 Jun 2022