| Title: |
Dame Margaret's Hall, Washington. Archaeological Assessment |
| Number of Pages: |
26 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
This report provided an archaeological assessment of a proposed development site on the south side of the historic core of Washington Village. The site lay on the periphery of a designated Conservation Area which contained a number of known sites and monuments of medieval and later origin. Its position in relation to the medieval church and Old Hall, in particular, suggested that it was likely to have been subject to medieval land use. However, historic map evidence suggested that medieval settlement did not extend significantly south of the Old Hall, indicating that the assessment site was outside the occupied part of the village prior to its expansion in the 20th century. No evidence for specific settlement or other activities within the site was available prior to the first half of the 19th century, when map evidence showed it to be located in farmland. Likewise, no surviving structural remains or previous ground investigations suggested that significant remains of earlier activities were preserved there. Furthermore, no industrial monuments were known to occur within the site or to pass across it. Outside of the defined assessment area, map evidence pointed to the existence of a building of cruciform plan, tentatively suggested as a large barn, close to the north-east corner of the hall. Whether ancillary structures or features were attached to the south of this building, within the area likely to have been impacted by proposed developments in the Dame Margaret's Hall complex, was unknown, but merited investigation, as did its likely associated with known early 18th century field names. It was recommended, therefore, that evaluation by trial trenching should be carried out in order to identify the character and survival of any features associated with this structure before invasive development work was undertaken close to the north wall in the north-east part of the site. Trial trenching was not considered necessary, however, if development work was carried out more than 10m from the north wall. In that case, works within 40m should be monitored as a watching brief. In addition, detailed photographic recording should be carried out prior to any demolition or refurbishment works impacting upon previously unrecorded 19th century architectural or decorative features. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
Archaeological Practice Ltd
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| Publisher: |
Archaeological Practice Ltd
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| Year of Publication: |
2001
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Old Hall |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Washington Village |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Dame Margarets Hall |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Early 18th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 20th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 19th Century (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: DAME MARGARET'S HALL, WASHINGTON
Study area: 1.2ha
Investigation type: Desk-based
District: Sunderland
Monument:
Ngr: NZ31105640
Parish:
Postcode: NE387BG
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
