Title: |
Abingdon, Abbey Centre |
Series: |
Oxford Archaeological Unit unpublished report series
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
In December 2011, Oxford Archaeology (OA) carried out a field evaluation at the Abbey Centre, Abingdon (NGR SU 497 971). The work was commissioned by Hunter Evans Ltd on behalf of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, and was part of a programme of predetermination investigative works relating to a planning application submitted to Vale of the White Horse District Council (11/02239/FUL). The evaluation revealed a loessic soil horizon overlying the natural terrace gravel, which was cut by pits dating to the 1st - 2nd century AD. The fills of the pits were overlain by a homogeneous silty deposit which may have represented the re-worked upper fills of the earlier features. A second phase of pit digging was dated to the 11th - 12th century, although the relationship between these later pits and the homogeneous silts was uncertain due to truncation from later features. An east-west aligned limestone wall footing was also revealed. This is likely to date to the post medieval period. |
Author: |
Robin Bashford
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Publisher: |
Oxford Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Oxfordshire SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2011
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Locations: |
Site: |
Abbey Shopping Centre |
Parish: |
ABINGDON |
District: |
Vale of White Horse |
County: |
Oxfordshire |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 449700, 197100 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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CERAMIC
(Object England)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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SHERD
(Object England)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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PIT
(Monument Type England)
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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PIT
(Monument Type England)
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1st 2nd Century Ad (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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TRIAL TRENCH
(Event)
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Post Medieval Period (Auto Detected Temporal) |
11th 12th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
oxfordar1-146266 |
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Note: |
Client report
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Source: |
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Created Date: |
25 Nov 2016 |