| Title: |
An Archaeological Evaluation at The Close, Vicarage Road, Staines, Middlesex |
| Number of Pages: |
22 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An evaluation was carried out at the proposed site of a housing development which had been identified by an earlier desk-based assessment as being of very high archaeological potential. Trenches were excavated within two parts of the site, Area A and Area C. Four features were recorded in Area A, of which one may have represented the very base of a cultivation mark; this contained a single sherd of mid to late Bronze Age pottery. One feature contained post-medieval material and a residual sherd of Saxon pottery. A medium-sized pit was also recorded. Within Area C, two sections of ditch with similar profiles and fills were revealed. These may originally have formed sections of a single field boundary. Neither contained any dating evidence. Three shallow sections of post-medieval linear features appeared to represent two parallel features with a probable agricultural function, such as drainage. A number of small pits and post-holes were also recorded. Fill material within these features indicated that they were probably contemporary with the pit found in Area A. It was recommended that a watching brief should be carried out during the excavation of foundation and service trenches for specified houses and an adjacent access road, and that mitigation proposals for another part of the site should be submitted by the developer. [Au(adp)] |
| Author: |
Anne Upson
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| Publisher: |
AOC Archaeology Ltd
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| Year of Publication: |
1997
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Postmedieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Saxon (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Mid To Late Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1997
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: THE CLOSE, VICARAGE ROAD, STAINES
Study area: 3.45ha
Investigation type: Evaluation
District: Spelthorne
Monument: FEATURE. Post-medieval (1540-1901), FEATURE. Undated, [finds]. Medieval (1066-1540), DITCH. Undated, POST HOLE. Undated, [finds]. Bronze Age, [finds]. Early Medieval (410-1066), PIT. Undated, [finds]. Post-medieval (1540-1901), LINEAR FEATURE. Post-mediev
Ngr: TQ02957210
Parish:
Postcode: TW184XA
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
