Title: |
Assessment of the Proposed Route of the A40 Improvement, Ryeford, near Ross-on-Wye (Internal Report No 258) |
Number of Pages: |
16 |
Biblio Note |
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Publication Type: |
Report
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Abstract: |
Preliminary assessment of the proposed route of the A40 widening scheme at Ryeford, near Weston-under-Penyard, was carried out on behalf of the Engineering and Planning Department of Hereford & Worcester County Council. The assessment was intended to comprise a combination of desktop survey, walkover survey and transect fieldwalking. However, fieldwalking was severely curtailed by crop cover and non-arable landuse. A small artefactual assemblage was recovered, and this broadly corroborated the results of the desktop survey. The route lies to the south of the Roman industrial town of Ariconium, and skirts the southern edge of the medieval settlement of Ryeford. The assessment identified two areas of high archaeological potential. The first area, lying towards the west of the proposed route, has a high potential for the discovery of Roman deposits and artefacts, notably those associated with the Roman road from Ariconium to the Forest of Dean, an important transit route for raw material for the iron smelting industry. At the second area, lying further to the east on the south side of the medieval settlement of Ryeford, there exists a high potential for the discovery of archaeological deposits and associated artefactual and ecofactual evidence, probably arising from medieval settlement and agricultural practice. There additionally exists a potential for prehistoric and Roman discoveries in this area.[AIP] |
Author: |
Luke Fagan
Derek Hurst
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Publisher: |
Hereford and Worcester County Council Archaeological Service
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Year of Publication: |
1994
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Locations: |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Ryeford |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Forest of Dean |
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Subjects / Periods: |
PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
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Roman (Auto Detected Temporal) |
Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1994
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: A40 ROAD WIDENING / IMPROVEMENT SCHEME, RYEFORD, NEAR ROSS-ON-WYE Study area: c1.125km Investigation type: Desk-based District: County of Herefordshire Monument: Ngr: SO63002300 Parish: Weston under Penyard Postcode: HR9 7QA
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Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |