Rogers, T. (2010). Archaeological excavation at the former petrol storage facility, Bath Road, Worcester. Worcester: Worcestershire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1011614. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological excavation at the former petrol storage facility, Bath Road, Worcester
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Series:		 Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 An archaeological excavation and watching brief was undertaken at a former petrol storage facility, Bath Road, Worcester (NGR SO 85200/52250). Archaeological evaluation demonstrated the presence of an Iron Age and Roman settlement. The petrol storage facility was built during the early years of World War II close to the River Severn. It comprised six large concrete tanks together with ancillary buildings including offices, stores, pumping houses and an air raid shelter. The archaeological evaluation comprised the excavation of eight trenches, five of which revealed archaeological features. Iron Age pottery and Roman pottery was recovered from several features. Archaeological excavation and watching brief of the site was undertaken in parallel with the demolition of the tanks. Several key areas were identified. In the centre of the site a cluster of pits was uncovered, three of which contained worked flint. The flint is thought to derive from a blade-orientated industry of Mesolithic or early Neolithic date. The presence of flint chips and a core showed that flint knapping was taking place on the site. At the southern tip of the site, the Iron Age ditch exposed in the evaluation was revealed to be an enclosure. Features within the enclosed area included five postholes, a circular storage pit, a buried Malvernian pot and a series of shallow gullies identified as drip gullies of a roundhouse. At the south-eastern edge of the site, a concentration of industrial by-products such as coal ash, clinker, slag and hammerscale was identified in the fills of a small ditch running down a slight slope and a cluster of pits. The presence of hammerscale demonstrates that smithing was taking place here.To the north west of this area, an Iron Age ditch and two Roman ditches crossed the site from east to west. These probably represent the edge of an enclosure constructed in the Iron Age and continued in the Roman period.
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Author:		 T Rogers
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Publisher:		 Worcestershire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Worcester City SMR and UAD (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2010
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Site: Former petrol storage facility, Bath Road
Parish: ST PETER THE GREAT COUNTY
District: Worcester
County: Worcestershire
Country: England
Grid Reference: 385200, 252250 (Easting, Northing)
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IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) Hammer Scale (Find)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SLAG (Object England)
EARLY NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) Worked Flint (Find)
LATE MESOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) Worked Flint (Find)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
RESCUE EXCAVATION (Event)
CEREAL GRAIN (Object England)
FISH REMAINS (Object England)
PLANT MACRO REMAINS (Object England)
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OASIS Id: fieldsec1-100417
OBIB: Project 2916, Report 1629, WCM 101457
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Note:		 A4 repoprt booklet
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Created Date:		 24 Nov 2016