| Title: |
Evaluation of the Proposed Wyre Piddle Bypass (Report: 509) |
| Number of Pages: |
46 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
The evaluation revealed substantial remains from the Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman periods. The discovery of a Bronze Age cemetery at the western end of the route was of considerable significance as such sites had rarely been excavated in the county, and only one isolated cremation of this date had been previously identified in the area. The presence of a cemetery, a flint toolfrom an adjacent trench and charred cereal waste from one of the cremations, pointed towards the presence of a domestic site in the vicinity, although the identification of such a site under evaluation conditions was difficult. Further Bronze Age domestic remains were identified throughout the length of the route. Another significant discovery was the location of a substantial and, probably defended, Iron Age lowland settlement which may have been the precursor to a Roman site lying immediately to the north. A scatter of Roman material was identified to the north of the route, but no distinct concentrations of Roman activity were identified within the road corridor. The presence of two human burials of probable early Roman date and Roman pottery in recut Iron Age ditches suggested that the road corridor passed through the periphery of a large Roman site, the core of which lay to the north of the roadline. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
Mike Napthan
Annette Hancocks
Elizabeth Pearson
Stephanie Ratkai
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| Publisher: |
Hereford and Worcester County Council Archaeological Service
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| Year of Publication: |
1997
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Roman (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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BRONZE AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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| Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1997
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: WYRE PIDDLE BYPASS
Study area:
Investigation type: Evaluation
District: Wychavon
Monument: [finds]. Iron Age, [finds]. Roman (AD43-410), [finds]. Bronze Age, INHUMATION. Roman (AD43-410), CREMATION. Bronze Age, CEMETERY. Bronze Age, SETTLEMENT. Iron Age
Ngr: SO96604730
Parish: Wick, Wyre Piddle
Postcode: WR102JB
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
