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Butlins Bognor Regis Evaluation for Butlins |
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Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
A new hotel and associated carparks lie to the west of the Holocene Aldingbourne Rife and straddle the edge of the earlier Pleistocene channel. Previous work within the channel has demonstrated that unlike some other water courses along the south coast, the Aldingbourne Rife became a marine environment very early in its life, other channels being fresh water. Desk-based work has identified a focus of past occupation along the edges of the channel including Bronze Age activity immediately to the south of the site of the current proposals. Investigations for Hotel A targeted what was believed to be the edge of the Pleistocene channel. The work identified the bank edge of the Pagham Raised Beach. The sediment sequence associated with the bank is rare for the south coast as normally only the high energy deposits survive. In addition to this, the preservation of foraminifera is also rare and similarly supports high energy deposition. The samples from the peat showed that pollen was poorly preserved, but plant macrofossils had survived in good condition. The peat overlying the Holocene alluvial deposits that filled the channel may imply the area was a boggy wetland during the Medieval or Post-Medieval period. |
Author: |
D Rouse
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Publisher: |
Headland Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
West Sussex SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2011
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Butlins Bognor Regis |
Parish: |
BOGNOR REGIS |
District: |
Arun |
County: |
West Sussex |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 494400, 99200 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
headland1-95475 |
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Note: |
Bound A4, plastic front and black spine
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Created Date: |
24 Nov 2016 |