Trans Bristol Gloucestershire Archaeol Soc 119

Reports that six episodes of seabank construction, beginning apparently in the Roman period can be recognised at Lydney Level (an outcrop of alluvium on the west shore of the Severn Estuary). In the largest land-claim, of medieval date, only c. 62% of the enclosure was ever ploughed, in sharp contrast to the settled and much more fully cultivated, embanked alluvium on the eastern margin of the estuary. A later medieval episode of coastal erosion and retreat demanded the setting back of great lengths of seabank on the east of the outcrop. The tidal creeks of the level, reaching back across the agricultural landscape, were exploited for trade, communication and ship building.

which notes some 358 sherds of pottery. Material of prehistoric (68%), Roman (24%), medieval and post medieval (8%) periods is present

wherein a date circa 1000 AD is proposed for the mould fragment, although there is a remote possibility of a much earlier Middle Bronze Age date

suggests that a later Bronze Age origin seems likely for most of the material

which reports 941 prehistoric bone fragments, with cattle being the most frequently identified species. A surprisingly high number of red deer bones were recovered. Also notes sixteen Roman and eighty-one post-medieval bone fragments

Reports that excavations on the site of Gloucester's medieval Franciscan friary concentrated on examining the remains of the friary church below ground and associated burials. New light is thrown on the plan of the original thirteenth-century church as well as on the so called `Berkeley rebuild' in the early-sixteenth century. Archaeological features pre-dating the friary, principally of the Roman period, were also encountered, including Roman pottery and tile. The examination of levels post-dating the friary helped to elucidate the later history of the site as a brewery in the eighteenth century. Small quantities of eighteenth- to nineteenth-century vessel glass were recovered. Includes separately authored reports on:

which includes: three copper-alloy brooches; a post-medieval copper-alloy spoon; an early-twentieth-century silver napkin ring; a fragment of Roman melon bead, and several tools associated with weaving

which reports that 1,275 sherds were recovered

which presents a catalogue of the human remains found during the excavations

Notes a thirteenth-century copper-alloy lamp, which is interpreted as having been used on the Jewish Sabbath.

which notes an excavation which found: a fourteenth-century north--south wall, probably the rear wall of a house; post-medieval garden soils; and evidence of the Richard Warren's eighteenth-century glassworks

which notes three investigations at the villa. Test pits located several fourth-century mosaics. A systematic excavation was conducted in the Garden Court revealing successive phases of a water conduit aligned northwest--southeast. An excavation in the south wing exposed a fourth-century hypocaust