| Title: |
An Archaeological Excavation at The Close, Vicarage Road, Staines, Middlesex |
| Number of Pages: |
57 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An evaluation of two parts of a proposed development site had revealed archaeological features in both. This had led to the recommendation that monitoring of groundworks relating to the residential part of the development, and excavation in the area of an associated flood compensation scheme, should be undertaken. During the excavation, evidence potentially dating from the Palaeolithic to the post-medieval period was recorded. A single rolled flint flake was tentatively dated to the Palaeolithic, whilst flints dating from the Mesolithic/Early Neolithic were also found. Neolithic flints and pottery were recovered, incuding two sherds which lay within an enclosure ditch. Fifteen Early Bronze Age sherds were recovered from a pit and three ditches. The pit also contained Romano-British and medieval sherds; none of the Bronze Age sherds could be used to date the features from which they were recovered. Middle Bronze Age pottery was found within a ditch of uncertain date which had replaced an earlier ditch, and within several small pits. Early Iron Age pottery was recovered from a possible working hollow, the uppermost fill of which contained Romano-British pottery. A number of other features also contained Romano-British pottery, including three pits and a substantial ditch which may have been a boundary. A medieval boundary ditch was recorded. No other features could be securely dated to this period, although several further ditches were revealed which contained pottery of varying dates. One contained nine sherds with dates ranging from the 10th to the 18th centuries, whilst another contained a single medieval sherd. Small numbers of medieval sherds were also recovered from a pit and a probable cart wheel-rut. Some of the ditch elements at the site were thought to have belonged to a 'Celtic' field system, and seemed likely to have been connected with those found at archaeological sites nearby. [AIP] |
| Author: |
R Entwistle
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| Publisher: |
AOC Archaeology Ltd
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| Year of Publication: |
1998
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1998
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: THE CLOSE, VICARAGE ROAD, STAINES
Study area: 3.45ha
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Spelthorne
Monument:
Ngr: TQ02957210
Parish:
Postcode: TW184XA
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
