| Title: |
A section through the Fosse Way and the excavation of Romano-British features at Princethorpe, Warwickshire, 1994
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| Issue: |
Birmingham Warwickshire Archaeol Soc Trans 102 |
| Series: |
Birmingham & Warwickshire Archaeological Society Transactions
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| Volume: |
102
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| Page Start/End: |
57 - 72 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
Part of a Romano-British roadside settlement adjacent to the Fosse Way was excavated in 1984 at Princethorpe, Warwickshire, in advance of the laying of a pipeline. The section excavated through the Fosse Way revealed two main phases of road construction, followed by later settlement activity to the west. The first phase consisted of a cambered road of rammed gravel, which may be either an early road surface or an agger; at a later stage the road was surfaced with white, fine-grained limestone, possibly of local origin. It is suggested that this later phase may post-date AD 70, when military use gave way to civilian traffic. There are indications that the earlier road was much wider than the later. Although the area of the settlement excavated was small, it is likely to have consisted of a small number of timber-framed buildings, running in a band of ribbon development adjacent to the road. Pottery evidence indicates that the settlement was mainly active during the second century. Features uncovered included three hearths, one associated with fragments of iron slag. Specialist reports include |
| Year of Publication: |
2000
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Second Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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SETTLEMENT
(Monument Type England)
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| Hearths (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Iron Slag (Auto Detected Subject) |
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| Note: |
[OS SP 3980 7065, SP 4030 7030]
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| Source: |
BIAB
(The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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| Created Date: |
31 Aug 2005 |
