MacGregor, M. (2015). Dorchester Abbey Tower Dorchester on Thames Oxfordshire Building Recording and Watching Brief. Oxford: Oxford Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1112622. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Dorchester Abbey Tower Dorchester on Thames Oxfordshire Building Recording and Watching Brief
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Abstract:		 The fieldwork consisted of a watching brief on the uplifting of flagstones from the ground floor, as well as the digging of foundation pads for the steel work footings. The foundation pads required limited excavation and an evaluation as to whether the continued work was viable, within the tower. In total, there were six foundation pads, each measuring approximately 0.8m by 0.8m. All excavation was undertaken by hand. A series of notes were compiled on the observations made during the watching brief and were subsequently used to write this report. Black and white film, colour slide and digital photographs were taken of the tower and detail shots were, also, taken of certain features of interest, particularly the removal of the interior of the ground floor of the tower and the insertion of the extra two floors. The site work was undertaken during March 2006. A watching brief has been carried out by Oxford Archaeology (OA) during works to the inside of the north-western tower of Dorchester Abbey (NGR SU 579 943). This work has formed an addendum to a wider report on the Abbey prepared by OA on 30 June 2004. The work was commissioned by Martin Ashley Architects. No significant archaeology was observed during the course of the watching brief. During the watching brief, the groundworks inside the north-western tower of Dorchester Abbey were observed and monitored, with a substantial number of photographs taken. The destruction of the previous interior of the tower on the ground floor and the subsequent raising of wooden walls and insertion of two new floors within the tower were, also, observed. Dorchester Abbey is a nationally significant building, because it is the only substantially intact medieval abbey remaining in England. It is believed that the good preservation is due to the abbey being used as a parish church, after the reformation in 1536.
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Author:		 Marsali MacGregor
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Publisher:		 Oxford Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2015
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District: South Oxfordshire
Country: England
Parish: Dorchester
County: Oxfordshire
Grid Reference: 457899, 194299 (Easting, Northing)
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BUILDING SURVEY (Event)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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Created Date:		 16 Aug 2023