| Title: |
Former Unipart Radiator Site, Woodstock Road, Oxford. Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment |
| Number of Pages: |
20 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An archaeological desk-based assessment was undertaken following the submission of a planning application for 50000 sq. m of housing. The sources consulted indicated that the proposal site lay within an area of modest archaeological interest. There was possibly a Roman or earlier settlement close to the site to the north and a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery and stray prehistoric finds in the vicinity of the site. However, previous use of the site as a brickworks, as shown on several early editions of the OS, showed unambiguously that much of the site had been quarried, presumably as clay was removed to use as raw material in the works. If the geological maps were accurate some gravel removal may have also taken place. The growth of this clay pit was marked, from approximately 25% of the whole site in 1876 to nearly 50% by 1921. It was not inconceivable that the clay pit continued to occupy more of the site until the cessation of the brickworks, although this could not be ascertained through cartographic sources. It was likely that by the time the Radiator Works had been built, more than 50% of the site had been quarried away. This suggested that any archaeological deposits were likely to have been lost. The only part of the site that may still have archaeological potential was the extreme western part of the site. However, this area had been subject to the development of the Radiator Works and, unlike the previously examined sites on the western side of the canal, there was no burial of archaeologically relevant levels by alluvium. If these areas had not been previously quarried and did originally contain archaeological deposits, the latter were likely to have been disturbed to a greater or lesser extent by development of the Radiator Works. The majority of the site clearly had no archaeological potential and the remaining areas, at best, were of low potential. It was recommended, therefore, that no further action was warranted for this site. [Au(adp)] |
| Author: |
Nicola Powell
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| Publisher: |
Thames Valley Archaeological Services Ltd
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| Year of Publication: |
2001
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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BRONZE AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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| Prehistoric (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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| 1876 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2001
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: FORMER UNIPART RADIATOR SITE, WOODSTOCK ROAD, OXFORD
Study area: 4.8ha
Investigation type: Desk-based
District: Oxford
Monument: BRICKWORKS. Post-medieval (1540-1901)
Ngr: SP50500860
Parish:
Postcode: OX2 7BN
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
