Kennard, E. and Fellingham, A. (2019). Watching Brief at St Ebbe's Church Drainage Works. Oxford: Oxford Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1095020. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Watching Brief at St Ebbe's Church Drainage Works
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Abstract:		 A single trench was located adjacent to the west facing elevation of St Ebbe's Church.The trench was orientated N–S and measured 11.30m x 2.5m,and was hand excavated to a maximum depth of 0.80m below ground level (60.20mOD) by the principal contractor, monitored by an archaeologist.Archaeological deposits were recorded by the attending archaeologist and scaledrawings were produced.Where disarticulated human remains were seen they were left in situ and re‐coveredwith soil. Discussions between the contractor and archaeologist ensured a revisedpath for the new drainage allowing for no further impact upon the human remainspresent. Oxford Archaeology undertook an archaeological watching brief at St Ebbe’sChurch, Oxford, as part of the works to replace and install new drainageservices. The watching brief, which was undertaken over three days duringOctober 2019, consisted of a single trench measuring 11.30m long and 2.50mwide. The trench exhibited significant modern truncation from service trenchesbut nevertheless uncovered an undated cemetery soil that containeddisarticulated human remains, as well as part of the stone foundation of thewest wall of the church.The earliest feature encountered within the trench was the limestone foundation (10)for the external west facing wall of St Ebbe’s church (14). The face of thefoundation was exposed to a depth of 0.60m below ground level (60.40m aOD; Plate4). The foundation (10) was abutted by a dark greyish brown sandy silt cemetery soil(5). This contained disarticulated human remains (3), encountered at a depth of 0.60mbelow ground level (55.18m aOD; Fig. 3 and Plate 2).The human remains (3) were located within the cemetery soil (5) and appeared to bedisarticulated. This was a concentration consisting of a skull, part of a radius, vertebrae and small miscellaneous fragments. All remains were recorded in situ and reburied.The cemetery soil (5) was truncated by various service runs (4, 6, 8 and 11). Servicerun 11 also truncated part of the foundation wall (10) before extending south alongthe church wall. The service trenches were in turn overlain by modern depositsconsisting of concrete and the existing paving.
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Author:		 Elizabeth Kennard
Adam Fellingham
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Publisher:		 Oxford Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2019
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Parish: Oxford, unparished area
Country: England
County: Oxfordshire
District: Oxford
Grid Reference: 451187, 206023 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)
WALL (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN HUMAN REMAINS (Tag)
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UNCERTAIN WALL (Tag)
HUMAN REMAINS (Monument Type England)
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Created Date:		 17 Jun 2022