Oxoniensia

The excavation revealed medieval and later occupation at the site of the former abbey of Rewley, a house of study for Cistercian monks founded in 1281 AD. Part of a rectilinear arrangement of probable drainage or boundary ditches may have been associated with a substantial medieval barn of the abbey revealed during previous investigations in 1994. Inside the area enclosed by the ditches were several pits that may have been used for gravel extraction. To the west were the remains of two possible fishponds. By the mid-18th century, a large pond and associated water channels were constructed that may have formed part of water features associated with the house that occupied the site of the former abbey.

Sites include: an east-west aligned wall that could be the remains of a tower or north-south enclosing wall of Cope's early Tudor house at Hanwell Castle; a large defensive ditch possibly associated with the 12th century siege castle thought to survive in the area of Crowmarsh; middle Iron Age to late Roman settlement at Great Western Park, Didcot; sparse remains of Bicester priory church surviving within the area of Bryan House; Roman features and a burial at 11 Wittenham Lane, Dorchester-on-Thames; late Saxon and Saxo-Norman pottery at the Four Pillars Hotel, Sandford; early stone foundations associated with St Peter's Church, Hook Norton; and a small Romano-British villa at the former Chilton Fields airbase. Smaller investigations included: discovery of an 8th century ditch during excavations in Queen Street, a series of Iron Age ditches and possible ring ditch at Crouch Hill, and several Bronze Age enclosures at Caversham Quarry. SH

Includes: Reavley's Chemist, 124 High Street; Calendars, 25 Sheep Street; The Tolsey, High Street; 82 and 84 High Street; 2-4 Priory Lane; The Gabled House, 162 The Hill; 10 Sheep Street, Titcombs; Baltic House, Thameside and Baltic College (60 Friday Street); 13 Gravel Hill; Granary Cottages, 10 Thameside; Tudor House, 49 Duke Street; 93/95Bell Street; 20 Bell Street, The Old Bell; 77-82 Bell Street, The Bear; 88 Bell Street, Countess Gardens; 19-23 Hart Street, The Old White Hart; Wadham College, Oxford; Milton Lane, Fir Tree House; 39 The Causeway; Tudor House, 67 The Causeway. SH