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Land west of Coventry Road, Baginton, Warwickshire an Archaeological Evaluation |
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Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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The fieldwork comprised the excavation of 14 trenches, measuring 30m by 1.8m, in the locations shown on Fig. 2. Trench 1 was reduced in length to 27m due to the presence of a tree to the northwest. Trenches were set out on OS National Grid (NGR) co-ordinates using Leica GPS and surveyed in accordance with CA Technical Manual 4 Survey Manual.
All trenches were excavated by mechanical excavator equipped with a toothless
grading bucket. All machine excavation was undertaken under constant
archaeological supervision to the top of the first significant archaeological horizon or the natural substrate, whichever was encountered first. Where archaeological deposits were encountered they were excavated by hand in accordance with CA Technical Manual 1: Fieldwork Recording Manual.
Deposits were assessed for their palaeoenvironmental potential in accordance with CA Technical Manual 2: The Taking and Processing of Environmental and Other Samples from Archaeological Sites and no deposits were identified that required sampling. All artefacts recovered were processed in accordance with Technical Manual 3 Treatment of Finds Immediately after Excavation.
The archive and artefacts from the evaluation are currently held by CA at their
offices in Milton Keynes. Subject to the agreement of the legal landowner the
artefacts will be deposited with Warwickshire Museum, along with the site archive. A summary of information from this project, set out within Appendix C, will be entered onto the OASIS online database of archaeological projects in Britain. The evaluation identified a concentration of archaeological remains
within the central and northern portions of the site comprising
ditches and a pit dating to the Roman period. A single pit
containing Middle Iron Age pottery was revealed at the western
limits of the site.
Where the archaeological features were identified by the trenching
there was a very poor correlation with the results of the geophysical
survey. Only one ditch was seen to continue into another trench, as
such the ditches do not form a coherent pattern suggesting smaller
field enclosures as opposed to larger field systems. Two potential
phases of enclosure were identified on the basis of orientation of
the ditches. |
Author: |
J Coyne
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Publisher: |
Cotswold Archaeology
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Warwickshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2019
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Warwick |
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Baginton |
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England |
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Warwickshire |
Grid Reference: 434592, 274482 (Easting, Northing)
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cotswold2-509039 |
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Created Date: |
15 Aug 2023 |