Title: |
Archaeological Watching Brief at Abberton Hall, Abberton Lane, Abberton, Worcestershire |
Series: |
Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An archaeological watching brief was undertaken on behalf of Mr and Mrs John Sansom, at Abberton Hall, Abberton, near Pershore, Worcestershire (NGR: SO 9946 5337; WSM 37312). The area monitored lay to the east of present manor house, covering approximately 236m², which was excavated in two spits. Two associated small sub-oval 14th century pits were identified at the base of the site, although their function was not determined. The area appeared to have been scoured of soils to the level of the natural clay between the late 16th-early 18th century. A thick cess-like layer then built up, conjectured to be the result of horse or cattle corralling. This was cut by a number of pits and ditches, containing a small quantity of residual medieval pottery. Two ditches were recorded which appear to have fed into the pond (the relict of the medieval moat) to the north. One may be an antecedent or continuation of the ditch or boundary recorded on the 1842 tithe map. In the 18th century the area was consolidated with a layer of cobbles. This was patched with building rubble and clay in the 19th century, after which a soil horizon was allowed to develop, probably as a cultivated garden associated with greenhouses erected in the late 19th-early 20th century. A small assemblage of residual pottery was recovered from later layers and features, including a single Iron Age body sherd, two residual late Saxon sherds (10th-early 11th century) and a number of medieval sherds (generally 12th-early 14th century). |
Author: |
Tom Vaughan
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Publisher: |
Worcestershire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Worcestershire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2007
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Locations: |
Site: |
Abberton Hall, Abberton Lane, Abberton, Worcestershire |
Parish: |
ABBERTON |
District: |
Wychavon |
County: |
Worcestershire |
Country: |
England |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Abberton Hall Abberton |
Grid Reference: 399460, 253370 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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SHERD
(Object England)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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Cobbled Surface
(Monus)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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DITCH
(Monument Type England)
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19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
18th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
EARLY MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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Late 16thearly 18th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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WATCHING BRIEF
(Event)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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14th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
11th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
Iron Age (Auto Detected Temporal) |
Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
fieldsec1-63474 |
OBIB: |
Project 3086, Report 1551, WSM 37312 |
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Note: |
A4 report booklet
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Created Date: |
25 Nov 2016 |