| Title: |
Atherstone Market Place: Archaeological Excavations 1994 |
| Number of Pages: |
22 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
Archaeological excavations were undertaken in the Market Square at Atherstone in July 1994 on behalf of North Warwickshire Borough Council, in advance of environmental improvements. Three trial trenches were followed by the excavation of a larger area measuring 26m x 14m. The work revealed a series of rough cobble and rubble surfaces belonging to the medieval market place, surviving under later make up. The surfaces, the earliest of which dated to the 14th/15th century, were cut by post settings for a medieval timber structure and by medieval and later pits. A large quantity of column fragments was found reused as rubble. These will have derived from a later 16th/17th century market building that is shown on the east side of the market place on 18th century maps. This building was single storeyed and open sided with its roof supported on columns. It was demolished in the early 19th century when a new Market Hall and Assembly Room was built. The foundations of this later building were also uncovered, along with features relating to its use and subsequent demolition in 1963.[AIP] |
| Author: |
G Eyre Morgan
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| Publisher: |
Warwickshire Museum
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| Year of Publication: |
1994
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Market Hall |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
North Warwickshire |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Atherstone |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Market Square |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| 18th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Early 19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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| 16th17th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1994
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: MARKET PLACE, ATHERSTONE
Study area: c0.1ha
Investigation type: Evaluation
District: North Warwickshire
Monument:
Ngr: SP30809790
Parish: Atherstone
Postcode: CV9 1RN
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
