| Title: |
Archaeological Assessment of Proposed Development Site to Rear Of Frasers, High Street, Porlock, Somerset |
| Number of Pages: |
9 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
There was much evidence of prehistoric activity in the Porlock area. Concentrations of Mesolithic flint had been found on Porlock Marsh and the foreshore of Porlock Bay. Activity during the later prehistoric and Roman periods seemed to have focused on the high ground to the south of the village, although access to the foreshore and sea would have remained an important consideration. The site lay to the west of the historic core of the village, however, there were medieval buildings in the vicinity, such as the 16th century Ship Inn. Medieval and post-medieval deposits were reported to have been located during a watching brief in the High Street in 1993. The land at the western end of the High Street, including the site area, was probably formerly part of the medieval open-field system associated with the village. During the later medieval period these fields were enclosed and characteristic long narrow tenement plots were laid out running back from the street. The 1841 Tithe Map and early OS maps showed that during the 19th and 20th centuries the site area consisted of an orchard and garden, and it had remained a garden until the present day. The only structures identified within the site were two probable outhouses or sheds depicted on the Tithe Map. As the site lay away from the street frontage, remains of substantial buildings were perhaps unlikely, although, pits, other cut features and the remains of the outhouses may be found. It was also possible that ditches associated with the former medieval field system may be found within the site and perhaps beneath the current eastern boundary. [Au(adp)] |
| Author: |
Exeter Archaeology
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| Publisher: |
Exeter Archaeology
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| Year of Publication: |
2004
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| Locations: |
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Porlock Marsh |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
High Street |
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Frasers High Street Porlock Somerset |
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Porlock |
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Porlock Bay |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| 1841 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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LATER PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
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MEDIEVAL
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| Roman (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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MESOLITHIC
(Historic England Periods)
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MEDIEVAL
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| 20th Centuries (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Prehistoric (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2004
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: FRASERS, HIGH STREET, PORLOCK, WEST SOMERSET
Study area: .6
Investigation type: Desk-based
District: West Somerset
Monument: FIELD SYSTEM. Undated
Ngr: SS88494679
Parish:
Postcode:
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
