Taylor-Wilson, R. R. and Proctor, J. (2014). Archaeological investigations at land off Sir Herbert Austin Way, Northfield, Birmingham. Birmingham & Warwicks Arch Soc Trans (117). Vol 117, pp. 33-48.
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Archaeological investigations at land off Sir Herbert Austin Way, Northfield, Birmingham | |||||||||||||||||
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Birmingham & Warwicks Arch Soc Trans (117) | |||||||||||||||||
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Birmingham & Warwickshire Archaeological Society Transactions | |||||||||||||||||
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117 | |||||||||||||||||
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94 | |||||||||||||||||
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33 - 48 | |||||||||||||||||
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Archaeological investigations carried out by Pre-Construct Archaeology in advance of redevelopment on land off Sir Herbert Austin Way, Northfield, Birmingham in 2011 revealed evidence for Romano-British, medieval and post-medieval activity. The site lies a short distance west of a Roman road which ran from Metchley Roman fort, located about four kilometres north-east of Northfield, to Droitwich. The site had been subject to considerable truncation by modern activity, but the remains of a possible roundhouse gully with a small internal pit were recorded along with a boundary ditch. The most substantial feature was a large pit which was stepped along one side to create a shallow level area on which a stone surface had been laid; this included a reused Roman quernstone. This is interpreted as a pit for clay extraction which had been modified for use as a watering hole. Very small quantities of cultural material of definite Romano-British date were recovered, suggesting that the site was used for agricultural activity during this period and lay on the extreme periphery of settlement. Plough furrows, gullies and field boundary ditches of medieval and post-medieval date attest to agricultural use of the land during later periods. | |||||||||||||||||
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2014 | |||||||||||||||||
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07 Nov 2015 |
