Title: |
An Archaeological Evaluation on Land at Drayton Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire |
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John Moore Heritage Services unpublished report series
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
John Moore Heritage Services conducted an archaeological evaluation in advance of new planning proposals on land off Drayton Rd, Abingdon, Oxfordshire (centred SU 4855 9572). Twenty two trenches were excavated to the underlying natural geology or uppermost surface of the archaeology. The archaeological evaluation followed a geophysical survey (Stratascan 2012) of the site and confirmed suspected archaeological anomalies in four of the trenches. Other anomalies across the site were tested in the field and considered to be natural. Near the centre of the field, trenches 18 and 22 contained features which comprised most commonly ditches, pits and postholes, which would fit the character of a prehistoric farmstead. The only dating evidence recovered from the evaluation was mid to late Iron Age pottery leading to the suggestion that a small farmstead with simple outlying fields, marked by ditched boundaries, once occupied this site during the mid to late 1st Millenium BC. The site was probably abandoned during the 1st century BC. |
Author: |
P Riccoboni
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Publisher: |
John Moore Heritage Services
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Oxfordshire SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2012
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Locations: |
Site: |
Drayton Rd, Abingdon, Oxfordshire |
Parish: |
ABINGDON |
District: |
Vale of White Horse |
County: |
Oxfordshire |
Country: |
England |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Drayton Rd Abingdon Oxfordshire |
Grid Reference: 448550, 195720 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
UNCERTAIN
(Historic England Periods)
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ANIMAL REMAINS
(Object England)
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IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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SHERD
(Object England)
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IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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DITCH
(Monument Type England)
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IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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PIT
(Monument Type England)
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IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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POST HOLE
(Monument Type England)
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Mid To Late Iron Age (Auto Detected Temporal) |
PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
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GULLY
(Monument Type England)
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1st Century Bc (Auto Detected Temporal) |
Mid To Late 1st Millenium Bc (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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POST HOLE
(Monument Type England)
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SHERD
(Object England)
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TRIAL TRENCH
(Event)
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
johnmoor1-134928 |
OBIB: |
2700 |
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Note: |
Hard ring bound copies and pdf
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Created Date: |
25 Nov 2016 |