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Birmingham Warwickshire Archaeol Soc Trans 98
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Birmingham Warwickshire Archaeol Soc Trans 98
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Birmingham & Warwickshire Archaeological Society Transactions
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98
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1994
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Date Of Issue From: 1993 Date Of Issue To: 01
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20 Jan 2002
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Park Farm, Barford: excavation of a prehistoric settlement site, 1988
Stephen Cracknell
Richard Hingley
1 - 30
Survey and excavation in advance of the construction of the M40 revealed a multi-period site with the most intensive occupation in the MIA. The earlier prehistoric period is represented by flints, pottery, and a 14C date but the earliest structural traces date to the LBA. The first major feature was a linear boundary ditch, perhaps of LBA date. This was followed by a MIA-LIA enclosure containing two hut circles and a penannular gully. The latest feature, a working hollow in the top of the fills of the enclosure ditch, was probably in use at some time between about 200~BC and AD~50. Roman sherds, medieval sherds, and ridge and furrow reflect the final, agricultural use of the site. Finds included both hand-made and wheel-thrown pottery, flint, daub, a currency bar, and an awl.There are reports on `Pottery' by Deborah Ford & Ann Woodward (13-19), the `Iron currency bar' by Stephen Cracknell (19-20), the `Copper alloy awl' by John Pickin (20), `Stone' by Stephen Cracknell (20-1), `Flint' by John Pickin (21-2), and `Charred plant remains' by Lisa Moffett (22-5). Au(adp)
A section through the Fosse Way at Harwoods House, near Chesterton, Warwickshire
Paul Booth
31 - 36
Reports the results from two exploratory trenches dug through the line of the Fosse Way during construction of the M40 in this area. Two distinct road surfaces were identified in both trenches A and B.
A Roman burial near Welford-on-Avon, Warwickshire
Paul Booth
37 - 50
Reports the discovery of a lead coffin by metal-detector. A day-long excavation of a small area surrounding the coffin produced a compacted dark grey-brown sandy loam and substantial iron nails as evidence for the lead actually being the lining of a wooden coffin. The remaining lead coffin and contents were lifted and taken to Warwick Museum for further investigation. Contents included `The glass vessels', reported by H E M Cool & Jennifer Price (45-7), and six sherds of pottery. There were more iron nails inside the coffin and the glass vessels appeared to have been ritually smashed. `The human bone' by Ann Stirland (47-8) showed possible early signs of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH). Other finds from the Welford area are discussed, with the coin list indicating activity up to the end of the Roman period. In the context of the surrounding historic landscape the burial may represent part of a small family cemetery attached to a villa site, but no confirmatory evidence has been sought.
A Warwickshire medieval borough: Brinklow and the contribution of town-plan analysis
Keith D Lilley
51 - 60
Archaeological, documentary and town-plan analysis are brought to bear in examining the topography of the borough. This clarifies a chronology for the development of the settlement, that had eluded earlier writers.
Archaeological excavation at the Minories, Stratford-upon-Avon
Stephen Cracknell
61 - 71
In 1985 a small excavation was undertaken in advance of redevelopment in an area near to the edge of the medieval planned town. The work uncovered traces of a medieval boundary separating two burgage plots containing typical backyard features such as pits and a possible well. The finds, dating from the thirteenth century onwards, included an iron purse frame, a knife with a bolster between the blade and tang, four different types of bronze pin, a fragment of painted glass window, and an unusual double-stamped clay pipe stem. `Pottery' by Stephanie Ratkai (67-9), `Clay pipes' by Nicholas Palmer (69 & 68) `Iron Objects' by Ian Goodall (69 & 68), `Copper alloy objects' by Alison Goodall (69-70 & 68), `Coin' (70) and `Glass' (70 & 68) are both by W A Seaby.
The Augustinian priory of Studley, Warwickshire
Della Hooke
Ruth Taylor
73 - 90
Notes the priory's re-location from Witton (Droitwich) to Studley in the mid twelfth century by Peter Corbezon and its subsequent development in `Part 1: the Augustinian Priory' by Della Hooke (74-9). Thirty-one complete and fragmentary floor-tiles were recently discovered, along with six discovered in 1950, and these are discussed in `Medieval floor-tiles from Studley Priory' by Ruth Taylor (79-80) followed by a `Catalogue of medieval floor-tiles' (80-90) by the same author.
Historic wooden pipes found at Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire
Christopher K Currie
91 - 95
Nine pipes found in association with fishponds are thought to have been part of a water-control system associated with a moat and ponds system around the manor house.
Two new Group IX axes from Warwickshire?
Philip J Watson
98 - 99
The two examples, acquired by Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery from a private collection, were thin-sectioned and deemed to be porcellanite Group IX from Tievebulliagh and Rathlin (Co Antrim). The second is larger than the first and morphologically could be described either as a thin-butted axe or an adze. Both are marked with the name Earlswood, providing a possible original findspot in Earlswood (Warwickshire).
A barbed and tanged arrowhead from Birmingham
Philip J Watson
Reports a Sutton Type A arrowhead found in Selly Oak, not associated with other finds.