Bradley, R. and Vaughan, T. (2010). Archaeological Watching Brief at Merchant's Quay, The Docks, Gloucester. Worcester: Worcestershire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1021384. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological Watching Brief at Merchant's Quay, The Docks, Gloucester
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Series:		 Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1021384
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 An archaeological watching brief undertaken on behalf of Vinci Construction Ltd. The client intends to redevelop the site for residential use in the form of flats and has submitted a planning application to Gloucester City Council. The project was undertaken to observe and record archaeological deposits exposed during the initial remediation works. Nine trenches were observed. These revealed mixed post-medieval and modern demolition deposits and hardcore with frequent service trenches directly overlying the natural alluvial clays and sands, which contained hydrocarbon contamination. No significant archaeological features, layers, structures or horizons were observed. A small number of Roman and early medieval artefacts were recovered. They were all found within the upper horizons of the natural alluvial clay along with later material, suggesting that they are intrusive and representative of general discard into the River Severn. However the finds were generally unabraded, indicating that they cannot have moved far from their original place of deposition. This is not unexpected given the evidence for both Roman and medieval activity adjacent to the north. The later 19th and 20th century finds can reasonably be supposed to have come from later intrusive activity into the alluvial clay when the dockyard was developed. The earlier material may have been imported onto the site at this time. The presence of peaty alluvial clays indicates that the site has been subject to flooding and waterlogging through a long, albeit, indeterminate time. However, the potential for meaningful palaeoenvironmental analysis was considered to be minimal.
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Author:		 R Bradley
Tom Vaughan
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Publisher:		 Worcestershire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Gloucester City Council (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2010
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Site: Merchants Quay, The Docks,
Parish: GLOUCESTER
District: Gloucester
County: Gloucestershire
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Gloucester
Location - Auto Detected: River Severn
Location - Auto Detected: Merchants Quay
Grid Reference: 382759, 218332 (Easting, Northing)
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EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CERAMIC (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) CERAMIC (Object England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) NONE (Monus)
Later 19th (Auto Detected Temporal)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods)
20th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal)
Roman (Auto Detected Temporal)
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OASIS Id: fieldsec1-97315
OBIB: WHEAS Report no. 1803
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Note:		 A4 ring-bound unpublished report
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Created Date:		 25 Nov 2016