| Title: |
52-54 Ashcroft Road, Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Archaeological Watching Brief (Report No. 1200) |
| Number of Pages: |
16 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
The watching brief was undertaken during the conversion of the previous hotel/dwelling to ten self-contained flats. The uppermost surface of a Roman street was identified which equated to Street L of Holbrook and Salvatore's recent analysis of the Corinium system. Walls exposed in Trench 4 of the site appeared to represent a building fronting onto the north western side of Street L. Although only a small portion of these features were exposed, it was clear that both walls ran at a right-angle to the projected line of the street on a north-west/south east orientation. A floor surface was revealed on the north-eastern side of a possible internal wall. Both the street and the walls were overlain by a thick deposit of distinctive yellow-brown clay silt and limestone rubble. This was frequently found within the Roman town and was often referred to as a 'demolition' layer, reflecting its probable formation at the end of the Roman occupation of Corinium and the abandonment of both private and public buildings. This horizon was not revealed to the south-east of Street L in trenches 5 to 8 where there was a greater depth of disturbance associated with the 19th century and later buildings. Dark-grey clay-silts revealed in these trenches beneath the post-medieval disturbance, however, probably represented the post-Roman 'dark earth' horizon which appeared to have accumulated across Cirencester until the post-medieval period. This horizon was also found above the 'demolition' layers on the other side of the street. [Au(adp)] |
| Author: |
R Morton
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| Publisher: |
Cotswold Archaeology
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| Year of Publication: |
2000
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Cirencester |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Roman (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2000
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: 52-54 ASHCROFT ROAD, CIRENCESTER
Study area:
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Cotswold
Monument: WALL. Roman (AD43-410), BUILDING. Roman (AD43-410), CELLAR. Post-medieval (1540-1901), FLOOR. Roman (AD43-410), FEATURE. Post-medieval (1540-1901), FEATURE. Modern (1901-present), FEATURE. Roman (AD43-410), [finds]. Roman (AD43-410)
Ngr: SP02200175
Parish: Cirencester
Postcode: GL7 1QZ
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
