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Bath Road Holbeck, Leeds |
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AOC Archaeology unpublished report series
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
A WATCHING BRIEF WAS CARRIED OUT BY AOC ARCHAEOLOGY GROUP ON GEOTECNICAL TEST PITS ON LAND MARKED FOR REDEVELOPMENT. IT WAS SEEN THAT THE TOPSOIL OF THE SITE CONTAINED 19TH CENTUARY BRICK RUBBLE AND LAY DIRECTLY ABOVE THE NATURAL BROWN CLAY ALUVIUM. THE TOPSOIL WAS SEEN TO SEAL SHALLOW WALL FOUNDATIONS (TEST PIT 9) WHICH WERE SEEN TO CUT THE NATURAL. ALSO CUTTING THE NATURAL WERE THE REMAINS OF A BASEMENT ROOM (TEST PIT 10) WHICH HAD BEEN INFILLED WITH 19TH CENTUARY BRICK RUBBLE UPTO 1.8 M IN DEPTH. A SIMILAR DEEP DEPOSIT OF BRICK RUBBLE WAS SEEN IN TEST PIT 14, SUGGESTING FURTHER BACK FILLING OF UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES. THIS COOROSPONDS TO THE LOCATION OF TERRACED HOUSING ASSOCCIATED MARSHALL'S MILL SEEN ON THE FIRST EDITION ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP (1852) OF THE AREA. IT IS LIKELY THAT FURTHER SIMILAR REMAINS STILL EXIST WITHIN THE SITES BOUNDARIES |
Author: |
E Hindmarch
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Publisher: |
AOC Archaeology Ltd
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
West Yorkshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2007
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Locations: |
Site: |
Bath Road, Holbeck, Leeds |
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LEEDS |
District: |
Leeds |
County: |
West Yorkshire |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 429477, 432779 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
aocarcha1-25206 |
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Note: |
A4 Blue Spine
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Created Date: |
23 Nov 2016 |