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Title:

Land at Rowles Farm, Weston on the Green, Oxfordshire: An Archaeological Watching Brief

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John Moore Heritage Services unpublished report series

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https://doi.org/10.5284/1097996

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Abstract:

An archaeologist was to be present on site during the course of any groundwork that had the potential to reveal or disturb archaeological remains. Any archaeological deposits and features revealed were to be cleaned by hand and recorded in plan before being excavated and recorded at an appropriate level. Any archaeological features or other remains i.e. concentrations of artefacts, were to be recorded by written, drawn and photographic record. Where archaeological features were exposed during any ground reduction but otherwise would remain unaffected they were recorded only by plan and written description. Where remains would be impacted on then they would be sample excavated. Any variation to this was to be agreed with the County Archaeological Services, on behalf of the local planning authority. All artefacts would be collected and retained except for concentrations of building material where a representative sample will be kept. Standard John Moore Heritage Services techniques were employed throughout, involving the completion of a written record for each deposit encountered, with scale plans and section drawings compiled where appropriate. A photographic record was also produced. The majority of datable features identified during the excavations were identified as linear ditch features, most of which were dated by the finds to the Iron Age. A total of five ditches were identified in the east field and two of these were dated from the early to the middle Iron Age, 32/08 & 34/11. Another feature identified in section may have been a ditch terminus but may also have been a pit, 32/11. No finds were recovered from two ditches towards the North of that field, 34/05 & 34/08 and no datable finds were recovered from 32/06 in the SW of the field, though it did contain animal bone and burnt material. There was one pit or possibly a ditch terminus, 48/01 that had 34 pieces of Early Iron Age pottery deposited in it. In the west field there were 13 linear ditches, one possible linear ditch, and one feature found in section that may have been a pit or a ditch terminus. There was also one feature which may either have been a pit or a ditch terminus. Three features contained material dated to the early Iron Age, 31/05, 36/08 and 47/15, and one contained material more broadly dated to the Iron Age, 47/17. The extent of these features is unknown but they probably represent boundaries or part of an Iron Age field system. The assemblage may point to a date for these features in the Early Iron Age but it is questioned if there is a Middle Iron Age phase, and if so, if there is continuity between the two (see Pottery Report 5.2). The presence of the quern stone, produced from stone foreign to the area, would suggest some form of trade or contact with a wider region. Towards the SW corner of the site a linear ditch of Roman date was identified that possibly had some form of stone lining , 47/09. As well as Roman pottery dated to the second century the fill contained an imbrex roof tile. The ditch aligns quite closely with crop marks in the area which appear to be associated with a large rectilinear feature. These appear to be associated with sub circular features and a possible D shaped enclosure on its eastern edge. This feature probably forms part of a complex of features extending to the west of boundary and associated with a feature identified as (HER 13901). The results of both the evaluation (TVAS 2014) and this investigation have enabled an understanding of the type of archaeology in the area. It appears that there was a farmstead present in the Iron Age. The dating of the ditch in the SW corner of the site indicates that at least some of the cropmarks just beyond this site are Roman in date and that a tiled building was present.

Author:

G Davis

Publisher:

John Moore Heritage Services

Year of Publication:

2015

Locations:

Parish:	Weston-on-the-Green
Country:	England
County:	Oxfordshire
District:	Cherwell

Grid Reference: 453449, 216529 (Easting, Northing)

Subjects / Periods:

SHERD (Object England)

LATER PREHISTORIC SHERD (Tag)

ROOF TILE (Object England)

ROMAN ROOF TILE (Tag)

NAIL (Object England)

ROMAN NAIL (Tag)

DITCH (Monument Type England)

ROMAN DITCH (Tag)

WATCHING BRIEF (Event)

DITCH (Monument Type England)

IRON AGE DITCH (Tag)

SHERD (Object England)

ROMAN SHERD (Tag)

ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)

UNCERTAIN ANIMAL REMAINS (Tag)

IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)

ROMAN (Historic England Periods)

LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)

UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)

Identifiers:

OASIS Id:	johnmoor1-247614
OBIB:	Report no. 3227

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Created Date:

03 Aug 2022