Booth, P. and Parkinson, A. (1993). King's Court Hotel, King's Coughton, Alcester, Warwickshire: Archaeological Excavation. Oxford: Oxford Archaeology.

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Title:		 King's Court Hotel, King's Coughton, Alcester, Warwickshire: Archaeological Excavation
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Number of Pages:		 8
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Publication Type:		 Report
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Abstract:		 King's Coughton is situated in an area of considerable archaeological and historical interest, though the nearest known archaeological features - represented by cropmarks (WA 4646) - lie some 200-250m distant to the east of the site excavated. The excavation revealed no evidence for pre-medieval activity on the site, with the possible exception of a stone artefact from a medieval layer. There was evidence for probable ploughsoil layers which are almost certain to have related to the medieval ridge and furrow still extant immediately to the east. Two sherds of locally-produced pottery from these layers provide a terminus post quem of the 12th-13th century. The ploughsoil layers were overlaid by a possible garden soil of post-medieval date, which in turn was sealed by modern dumping relating to recent conversion and construction work at the Hotel. While it is possible that earlier deposits could have existed on the site and have been completely removed by the medieval ploughing, the absence of any appropriate artefacts suggests that this was probably not the case. The aerial photographic evidence for the concentration of prehistoric and Roman activity adjacent to the River Arrow to the east may therefore accurately reflect the distribution of such activity in the immediate area.[AIP]
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Author:		 Paul Booth
Andrew Parkinson
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Publisher:		 Oxford Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 1993
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Location - Auto Detected: River Arrow
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ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
12th13th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)
Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal)
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Note:		 Date Of Issue From: 1993 Date Of Coverage From: 01 Date Of Coverage To: 01 Editorial Expansion: Site name: KING'S COURT HOTEL, KING'S COUGHTON, NORTH OF ALCESTER
Study area: c0.057ha
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Stratford on Avon
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Ngr: SP08305930
Parish: Alcester
Postcode: B49 5QQ
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Created Date:		 19 Jan 2009