Daniel, P. (2016). Land west of Vale Business Park, Evesham. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1112327. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land west of Vale Business Park, Evesham
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Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Watching brief undertaken during geotechnical works comprising 12 window samples and 21 trial pits. A single feature was identified consisting of a ditch. A small amount of pottery of probable Romano-British date was recovered, however due to its abraded appearance it cannot be used to securely date the ditch. Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by St Modwen Properties PLC to carry out a programme of archaeological evaluation trenching on land to the west of Vale Business Park, Evesham, Worcestershire. The work was undertaken to inform an outline planning application to develop the Site for business use, and followed on from previous desk-based assessment and geophysical survey. A total of ten trenches were excavated, and exposed a co-axial network of ditches associated with a scheduled Romano-British roadside settlement known immediately to the south of the Site. The features revealed within the trenches were slightly more numerous and extensive than the geophysical survey had indicated. A few sherds of Bronze Age-early Middle Iron Age pottery were the earliest finds, but lay redeposited alongside Romano-British material, which dominated the assemblages. Pottery dates places the heyday of the settlement between the 2nd and later 4th century. An east-west aligned inhumation grave was discovered in the eastern part of the evaluated area, but was left unexcavated. Convergent evidence indicates that the evaluated area lay on the northern periphery of the settlement and beyond the formerly inhabited area. No in situ structural features were identified, although building rubble including a fine carved stone column was recovered from the ditches. Such finds, and aspects of the pottery assemblage, suggest a relatively high degree of Romanisation on the part of the settlement's inhabitants. The plant and animal bone evidence indicate a mixed farming economy, and tally with regional norms. The waterlogging evident in the deepest features and the generally good level of preservation of animal bone augment the archaeological potential of the Site, which has the potential to contribute to established research questions. Remains of post-Roman date were virtually absent; this would be consistent with the Site being given over to farming since the Roman period. The project archive resulting from the evaluation will be deposited with Museums Worcestershire. A copy of this report will be supplied to the Worcestershire HER and uploaded to OASIS. Deposition of any finds will only be carried out with the full agreement of the landowner.
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Author:		 Patrick Daniel
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Publisher:		 Wessex Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Worcestershire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2016
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Country: England
County: Worcestershire
Parish: Evesham
District: Wychavon
Grid Reference: 403801, 241637 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-286812
Report id: 108093.01
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Created Date:		 15 Aug 2023