Gill, J. (2015). The Provost's Garden Wall, Queens Lane, The Queen's College, Oxford. Oxford Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1103675. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 The Provost's Garden Wall, Queens Lane, The Queen's College, Oxford
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Series:		 Oxford Archaeological Unit unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 The archaeological investigations began with a watching brief and building recording during development enabling works in January 2015, including the dismantling of the north-west corner of the northern boundary wall to allow site access. Full excavation of the footprint of the new building, comprising c.786 sq m, followed during March to May 2015, after which a watching brief was carried out until December 2015. Excavations within the Provost’s Garden, The Queen’s College, revealed a north-west to south-east aligned and heavily rutted metalled thoroughfare, possibly dating from the late ninth century. Its alignment could suggest that it predates the postulated eastern extension of the late Anglo-Saxon burh. Occupation to its north included a well-defined plot that contained two timber-lined sunken structures dating to the tenth century together with fence lines and pits. The structures were probably filled during the second half of the eleventh century when the road ceased to be used. The pits contained evidence for flax retting, iron smithing and possibly smelting. During the medieval period and after its acquisition by The Queen’s College in 1355, the site appears to have been waste ground, used for quarrying and for the disposal of rubbish. The fills of the earlier pits produced smithing debris together with horn-working evidence, whilst the later pits contained material related to the college, such as book clasps, styli for writing on wax tablets, and Venetian glass goblets. Two of the latest pits, of mid seventeenth-century date, each contained large assemblages of clay tobacco pipes that may have been deposited during the Commonwealth and Protectorate. In the late seventeenth century, a small building was constructed, possibly a workshop associated with the rebuilding of the college at this time.
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Author:		 Jonathan Gill
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Publisher:		 Oxford Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2015
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Parish: Oxford, unparished area
Country: England
County: Oxfordshire
District: Oxford
Grid Reference: 451745, 206368 (Easting, Northing)
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GRUBENHAUS (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL GRUBENHAUS (Tag)
PIT (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL PIT (Tag)
QUARRY (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL QUARRY (Tag)
RUBBISH PIT (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL RUBBISH PIT (Tag)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
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Created Date:		 10 Mar 2023