| Title: |
Oxcliffe Road Pumping Main, Lancashire. Archaeological Assessment Report |
| Number of Pages: |
36 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
Desk-based assessment of the proposed route of a sewer pipeline identified a broad but scattered archaeological resource from the general environs of the study corridor; the earliest evidence consisted of five Bronze Age axe hammers. The southern end of the corridor lay in the vicinity of the Lancaster Roman fort and associated port facilities, although no sites of Roman date had been identified on the line of the study corridor. In the early medieval period Heysham was of considerable importance because of an early monastery at Heysham Head. Prior to the post-medieval period Heysham Moss area was only sporadically exploited, but was then drained and brought into agricultural use. Eleven sites relating to the post-medieval landscape were recorded during field survey, including ridge and furrow, field boundaries and some small earthworks. Of the identified earthworks, only three would be directly affected by the pipeline. Perhaps the most significant landscape feature identified was the flood defence at Aldcliffe Marsh, which was represented by a single bank separating the reclaimed marsh from the River Lune; it related to the reclamation of the marsh, which occurred prior to 1786. It was recommended that an evaluation of the flood bank should be carried out if it would be affected by the scheme, and that any boreholes or testpits excavated by the water company prior to the construction of the pipeline should be supervised archaeologically, to determine the gross stratigraphy. It was also recommended that a watching brief should be carried out during topsoil stripping. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
B Middleton
R Short
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| Publisher: |
Lancaster University Archaeological Unit
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| Year of Publication: |
1997
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
River Lune |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Heysham |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Heysham Moss |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Heysham Head Prior |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Postmedieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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| Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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BRONZE AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1997
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: OXCLIFFE ROAD PUMPING MAIN, HEYSHAM TO BROOKHOLME VALVE CHAMBER, NEAR WILLOW LANE, LANCASTER
Study area:
Investigation type: Desk-based
District: Lancaster
Monument: EARTHWORK. Post-medieval (1540-1901)
Ngr: SD42796209, SD46016107
Parish:
Postcode: LA3 3EF, LA1 5TP
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
