Currie, C. K. and Locock, M. (1993). Excavations at Castle Bromwich Hall gardens 1989--91. Post-Medieval Archaeol 27. Vol 27, pp. 111-199.
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Excavations at Castle Bromwich Hall gardens 1989--91 | |||||||||||||
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Post-Medieval Archaeol 27 | |||||||||||||
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Post-Medieval Archaeology | |||||||||||||
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27 | |||||||||||||
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111 - 199 | |||||||||||||
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Research excavations were undertaken over three seasons as part of a larger project to test the application of archaeology to the restoration of historic gardens. This report deals with the results of the excavations. At least four main phases of garden design were discovered, overlying evidence for an earlier medieval demesne establishment. The earliest gardens probably dated from the sixteenth or early-seventeenth century, and comprised a design created by plant beds laid out amongst sand and gravel surfaces. This was succeeded by a parterre garden similar to that shown on a print of 1762, but with some notable differences. Plans to create a much enlarged garden by Sir John Bridgeman II (1667--1747) in the 1730s and 1740s appear to have been left unfinished on his death (but see also 96/713). There then followed a period of partial abandonment, before renewed interest from c 1818 led to the creation of an elaborate, early formal revivalist garden using the surviving skeleton of Bridgeman's unfinished layout. At some time before 1868, a new parterre was laid out in the Best Garden. This latest design survived almost completely intact beneath later soil dumping. All the recovered phases survived remarkably well for the most part, because the hill-slope site enabled the height of the terraces to be constantly increased, thus preserving earlier levels beneath soil dumps. The excavated evidence allowed previous ideas about the site's development to be considerably revised.Specialist reports include, `Stone' (161--3), and `Brick and tile' (164--6) by Martin Locock, `Pottery' (166--79) and `Clay pipes' (179--80) by C K Currie, `Glass' (180--1), `Metalwork' (182--3), `Mortar and slag' (184) and `Animal bone and shell' (185--7) all by Martin Locock, `Macro-botanical remains' by Claire de Rouffignac (187--90), and finally `Pollen analysis' by F M Chambers (191--4). Au&IH | |||||||||||||
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published |
1993 | |||||||||||||
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20 Jan 2002 |
