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Trans Proc Birmingham Archaeol Soc 82
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Trans Proc Birmingham Archaeol Soc 82
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Transactions and Proceedings of the Birmingham Archaeological Society
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82
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1967
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Date Of Issue From: 1967
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05 Dec 2008
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A many-spouted gutter at Stratford-upon-Avon
Philip B Chatwin
44
Kent's moat, Sheldon, Birmingham
Ann M Dornier
A Oswald
V H T Skipp
45 - 57
131 144863. A spring-fed moat encloses a platform comprising about an acre, banked on its S and W edges with building remains on the E half only. Entrance was from the NE over a wooden bridge, with possible later gatehouse. Building at all periods was of timber on wooden, cobble or stone sills. Of three main phases the first, beginning in late 12th or early 13th cent, could only be partly excavated; it appeared to be aligned on the moat. In the second period, apparently early-mid 14th cent, there was a hall with kitchens and solar wing. In later 14th cent the solar was rebuilt with tiled floor and stained glass windows, while the hall itself was considerably modified and perhaps reduced. Courtyards were recobbled and drained, and further latrines probably added. The buildings of the major phases were connected by covered ways. The moat seems to have belonged to one of the two 14th cent manors of Sheldon; it went out of use early in 16th cent (see also 68/113). HEJLP
A double beaker burial on Bredon Hill Worcs
Nicholas Thomas
58 - 78
A double Beaker-burial on Bredon Hill, Worcestershire
Nicholas Thomas
58 - 76
SO 953398. A barrow discovered during ploughing had been considerably disturbed before rescue operations could begin. The partial sections suggested that a low mound of limestone rubble over an earthy core had been raised over a rock-cut grave, partly stone-lined, containing two burials. One, of a tall, sturdy middle-aged man, had been disturbed by the (?much) later insertion of the remains of a young female. Two bell-beakers, presumably one for each burial, are datable to 1750-1650 BC and belong to Clarke's Somerset-Cotswold group. Four barbed-and-tanged arrowheads, an oval flint scraper and a thick bone pin fragment probably belonged to the male burial. The sub-rectangular grave was 5½ft x 3ft. The finding inside the female skull of a bird pellet, carnivorous snails and a toe-bone from the same skeleton strongly suggested exposure of the corpse before burial. Indications are growing that this part of the Severn-Avon valley was more heavily populated in Beaker times than was previously thought.
Dark Age pottery or Iron Age ovens?
Peter S Gelling
S C Stanford
77 - 91
Some crude pottery first recognised at Pant-y-Saer (N Wales) has many associations with Iron Age material and cannot now be thought post-Roman. The VCP (very coarse paste) is distinguishable from burnt daub by its inclusion of large stone fragments. The form is very irregular; the rough surface features are neither decorative nor functional, but arise from the manufacturing technique. Distribution lies in S and Central Marches, with some in N Wales. Its cultural associations in Herefs-Shrops-Worcs are mainly with Western Third or Second B. Its absence from sites with late- or post-Roman pottery has been noted, and even at Pant-y-Saer it is possible to see two phases, with the VCP belonging to a pre-Roman Iron Age phase. From the available fragments a tall, thin vase form is reconstructable. Its occurrence alongside good EIA pottery shows that its coarseness is not due to incompetence and its ubiquity, at eg Croft Ambrey, shows its common domestic purpose. It can be used inverted for baking buns in a fire.
Bronze Age implements in Coventry Museum
Paul Woodfield
92 - 93
Chance finds reported to the City of Birmingham Museum
A J H Gunstone
93 - 96
