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Collection Information
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5284/1092299 |
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| Collection ID | 1004481 |
| Collection Title | Site and Post-Excavation data from Excavations at Oxford St John's College Library Extension, Oxford 2014-2016 |
| Description | This collection comprises reports, site photographs, CAD, spreadsheets, and digitised site records from excavations at Oxford St John's College library extension carried out between 2014 and 2016 by Oxford Archaeology. Excavations in the President's Garden at St John's College uncovered part of a substantial early ditch. The date of the feature is problematic and it is argued that it may have been a prehistoric feature or part of an early medieval defensive line, perhaps designed to protect the town from Viking assaults during the tenth century or during the Anarchy in the twelfth century. The ditch was recut on two occasions during the medieval period and formed the boundary between the parishes of St Mary Magdalen and St Giles, as well as the original northern boundary of the college. Other features pertained to gravel quarrying associated with construction work at the college during the mid sixteenth to mid seventeenth century and disposal of refuse. Notable finds from that period include rare decorated stove tiles and an exceptional assemblage of clay tobacco pipes. |
| Collection Dates | Data creation (start) 22-Jan-2014 |
| Data creation (end) 06-Sep-2021 | |
| First Released 12-May-2022 | |
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| Version | 1 |
Access and Rights
| Cite As | Oxford Archaeology (South) (2022) Site and Post-Excavation data from Excavations at Oxford St John's College Library Extension, Oxford 2014-2016 [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1092299 |
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| Copyright | Data copyright © Oxford Archaeology (South) unless otherwise stated. |
| Licence | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. |
| Primary Contact |
Oxford Archaeology (South) Janus House Osney Mead Oxford OX2 0ES UK Tel: 01865 263800 Fax: 01865 793496 Email: [email protected] |
| Metadata Contact | ADS: [email protected] |
Content and Subject Information
| Collection type | Dataset Collection |
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| Data available | Image: 270 objects |
| Spreadsheet: 15 objects | |
| Text: 39 objects | |
| Vector: 3 objects | |
| Language | |
| Subject | Excavation (Event Type (England)) |
| Watching Brief (Event Type (England)) | |
| Ceramic (FISH Archaeological Objects (England)) | |
| Clay Pipe (Smoking) (FISH Archaeological Objects (England)) | |
| Coin (FISH Archaeological Objects (England)) | |
| Stove Tile (FISH Archaeological Objects (England)) | |
| Archaeology (Library of Congress Subject Headings) | |
| Excavations (Archaeology) (Library of Congress Subject Headings) | |
| Animal Burial (Monument Type (England)) | |
| Culvert (Monument Type (England)) | |
| Ditch (Monument Type (England)) | |
| Pit (Monument Type (England)) | |
| Quarry (Monument Type (England)) | |
| Well (Monument Type (England)) | |
| GLASS (Other) | |
| METALWORK (Other) | |
| POTTERY (Other) | |
| Periods | EARLY MEDIEVAL (Period (England)) |
| MEDIEVAL (Period (England)) | |
| POST MEDIEVAL (Period (England)) |
Project Information (Provenance)
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| Location | British Isles and Ireland (World region) |
| England (British Isles country) | |
| OXFORDSHIRE (County) | |
| OXFORD (District) | |
| OXFORD (Parish) | |
| President's Garden (Place) | |
| St John's College (Place) | |
| World, Europe, United Kingdom, England, Oxfordshire, Oxford [7011931] (Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names) | |
| Coordinates | OSGB: 451320 206690 |
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Relationships
| Related Resources | This collection has 3 related resources. |
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| This collection 'Is Derived From': | |
| President's Garden St John's College Oxford (OASIS ID: oxfordar1-302643) | |
| Oxford St John's College Library Extension (OASIS ID: oxfordar1-429481) | |
| Strid, Lena. (2014). President's Garden St John's College Oxford. Oxford Archaeology: Oxford. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.5284/1046245) |
