| Title: |
Excavations on land at the junction of Kilnmead and High Street, Crawley, West Sussex |
| Number of Pages: |
17 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An excavation was carried out at the proposed site of an office block where an earlier evaluation had revealed a number of slag-rich features presumed to have been of medieval date, and part of the foundations of 'The Magazines', an oats store constructed in c. 1798 and later converted into four cottages. Prior to this, buildings for the storage of munitions had been constructed at the site, possibly during the early years of the Napoleonic Wars. In the surroundig area, recent excavations had recorded further medieval features, including evidence for iron-working, and the foundations of a 16th or 17th century building. During the 1998 excavation, several pits of varying sizes containing high concentrations of iron-working slag were recorded. A small number contained medieval pottery. Foundations of 'The Magazines' were also uncovered, as were a number of features dating from the use of the site as the garden of a house. The northern end of the site was found to have been heavily disturbed during the removal of a hedgeline known from cartographic sources. The discovery of 13th and 14th century pottery in close association with both bloomery and forging slag indicated that both processes had been occurring close to the site at that date. The paucity of pottery suggested that the site had not been used for the disposal of domestic refuse during the medieval period. It was concluded that the northern end of the High Street appeared to have been given over to the medieval iron industry, and that the site represented clear evidence of medieval 'zoning', with the residential area centred further to the south. [AIP] |
| Author: |
S Stevens
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| Publisher: |
Archaeology South-East
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| Year of Publication: |
1998
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
High Street Crawley |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
High Street |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| 13th (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| C 1798 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 17th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 14th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1998
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: JUNCTION OF KILNMEAD AND HIGH STREET, CRAWLEY
Study area: 0.225ha
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Crawley
Monument: PIT. Medieval (1066-1540), [finds]. Medieval (1066-1540), BUILDING. Post-medieval (1540-1901), PIT. Post-medieval (1540-1901), POST HOLE. Post-medieval (1540-1901), [finds]. Post-medieval (1540-1901)
Ngr: TQ26903720
Parish:
Postcode: RH102BG
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
