Bristol Avon Archaeol 20

A cold bath dating from the mid-eighteenth century was found in Gorse Lane, Clifton during redevelopment of the derelict site. The bath, with its detached bath house, had been converted into a coal cellar for one of a row of nineteenth-century cottages facing into a court. It is possible that the whole bath house was converted into cottages, but the structure had been mostly demolished before 1939, when a Public Assistance Relief Office was begun on the site. This office was never completed, and after bomb damage, was demolished, and the site was used as a car park. Excavation and investigation on the site was carried out between 2001 and 2003 and the remains of the bath house and intact bath tub have been preserved in situ.

Excavations at 1--2 King Street, Bristol, recorded seven phases of archaeological activity representing the pre-urban environment, medieval land reclamation and riverside activity, later post-medieval landfill deposition and building activity dating from the seventeenth century onwards. Separately authored reports include

The article describes several groups of pottery found during construction work at Temple Back, Bristol. These include `wasters' of tin-glazed earthenware, slipware, mottled earthenware and stoneware, all dating from c. 1730--50; of stoneware from the mid-eighteenth century; of banded and geometrically diced wares, cable-decorated ware, mocha ware, transfer-printed ware and plain biscuit from c. 1836--40. A quantity of kiln furniture was also found. All these wares were almost certainly made at the Water Lane Pottery, which operated between c. 1683 and 1886.

Review of archaeological fieldwork and projects during 2003--4 in the unitary authorities of Bath and North-East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. The separately authored entries are arranged in sections by unitary authority, and alphabetically by parish within sections.