Brown, T., Trim, M. and Edwards, N. (2022). Mound at Abingdon Road, Drayton, Oxfordshire: Archaeological Evaluation. Cirencester: Cotswold Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1115972. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Mound at Abingdon Road, Drayton, Oxfordshire: Archaeological Evaluation
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Series:		 Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 The evaluation fieldwork comprised the excavation of four 30m x 1.8m trenches arranged in an ‘X’ over the mound (Figures. 2 & 3). The trench numbering ran from 1-4 in a clockwise direction from the north-west. The trenches were located to investigate the extent of the enclosing oval ditch identified by geophysical survey and to further investigate the construction and character of this feature and the mound. In March 2022, Cotswold Archaeology carried out an archaeological evaluation of a previously noted ‘mound’ feature at Abingdon Road, Drayton, Oxfordshire. A total of four trenches were excavated. The ‘mound’ only exists below ground level and no form can be identified on the surface. Roman material was recovered from the lower of its two build-up layers; its upper layer produced no artefacts at all. The archaeological significance, therefore, of these deposits is difficult to attribute confidently. Several ditches and pits, identified elsewhere within the site, also date to the Roman period, but may relate to agricultural activity, such as field systems, and/or be associated with a ring ditch enclosing the low mound. Two suspected burials were identified: one inhumation and one cremation. Their exact relationship to the truncated mound material and their significance, however, was not fully established during the evaluation. It should also be noted that an Early Bronze Age funerary urn was found close to this location during an earlier phase of investigation. The nature of the deposits therefore cannot be concluded. It may represent a form of Roman funerary mound, located by design or by accident within the vicinity of prehistoric funerary activity or it may equally represent agricultural enclosure activity surrounding deposited domestic waste/midden/soil from the adjacent settlement, with the location of the burials coincidental. Modern impacts were also identified, truncating and abutting the archaeological deposits.
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Author:		 T Brown
M Trim
N Edwards
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Publisher:		 Cotswold Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Oxfordshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2022
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District: Vale of White Horse
Parish: Drayton
Country: England
County: Oxfordshire
Grid Reference: 447746, 195106 (Easting, Northing)
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PIT (Monument Type England)
DITCH (Monument Type England)
ROMAN DITCH (Tag)
ROMAN INHUMATION (Tag)
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BRONZE AGE PIT (Tag)
ROMAN PIT (Tag)
CREMATION (Monument Type England)
ROMAN MOUND (Tag)
MOUND (Monument Type England)
ROMAN CREMATION (Tag)
INHUMATION (Monument Type England)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: cotswold2-516066
Report id: AN0507_2
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Created Date:		 24 Nov 2023