| Title: |
Land at Osney Mead Industrial Estate, Oxford. Archaeological Evaluation Report |
| Number of Pages: |
14 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An archaeological evaluation was carried out prior to commercial development. Three trenches were excavated, but no archaeological features were identified (several features cut into the gravel were interpreted as tree disturbances). The evaluation demonstrated the presence of low lying gravel 'islands', bypassed by a relict watercourse filled with alluvial silts. Above the natural gravel in all three trenches were a series of alluvial clay layers that represented episodes of flooding on this low-level site. No artefactual evidence was recovered from the excavated alluvial silt deposits. A possible plough/meadow soil horizon was identified above the alluvium that might have represented the meadow depicted on the historic maps of the Osney Mead area; the soil horizon was, however, undated. Above lay a series of modern build-up layers that were deposited at the time the site was turned into a business estate, in the 20th century. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
D Thomason
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| Publisher: |
Oxford Archaeology
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| Year of Publication: |
2000
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| 20th Century Auabr (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2000
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: LAND AT OSNEY MEAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, OXFORD
Study area: 1ha
Investigation type: Evaluation
District: Oxford
Monument:
Ngr: SP50400555
Parish:
Postcode: OX2 0NU
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
