Riccoboni, P. (2013). OCTOBER HOUSE, 14 ABBEY CLOSE, ABINGDON, OXFORDSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL WATCHING BRIEF. John Moore Heritage Services. https://doi.org/10.5284/1022150. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 OCTOBER HOUSE, 14 ABBEY CLOSE, ABINGDON, OXFORDSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL WATCHING BRIEF
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Series:		 John Moore Heritage Services unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1022150
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Abstract:		 The watching brief was successful in locating and recording archaeological features dating from at least the Roman period onwards. The edge of a possible stone wall set with a sandy mortar was sealed beneath a layer containing only Roman pottery and a fragment of imbrex tile. The wall may have once formed part of a Roman building, close to the River Thames. The pottery assemblage recovered suggests the site was used initially during prehistoric (Iron Age) and Romano-British period and was then abandoned during the late Roman period when 'dark earth' deposits covered this area and other areas of the Abbey. A layer of demolition rubble with a broken decorated floor tile, presumably discarded from the destruction of the Abbey buildings, covered the Roman dark earth deposits. This was in turn cut by post-medieval pitting, deposits and garden walls. The preservation of the archaeological deposits was good in the northern half of the extension only, with the southern side truncated by later post-medieval activity. Excavations beneath the living room inside the house revealed the stone wall foundations of the building which probably dates to the late medieval/early post-medieval period. Post-medieval pottery sherds including a large quantity of 17th century drinking vessels and clay tobacco pipes were found during ground reduction in this room leading to the suggestion an earlier building on the site was once used as a 17th century tavern. The tavern may have closed when the building changed to residential use in 1698. A confidence rating is high that the best possible results were achieved.
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Author:		 P Riccoboni
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Publisher:		 John Moore Heritage Services
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2013
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Site: October House, 14 Abbey Close
Parish: ABINGDON
District: Vale of White Horse
County: Oxfordshire
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: ABBEY CLOSE ABINGDON OXFORDSHIRE
Location - Auto Detected: River Thames
Grid Reference: 449983, 197055 (Easting, Northing)
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IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) WALL (Monument Type England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
Postmedieval (Auto Detected Temporal)
17th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
1698 (Auto Detected Temporal)
Late Medievalearly Postmedieval Period Postmedieval (Auto Detected Temporal)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
PICK (Object England)
CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Object England)
CROTAL (Object England)
SHERD (Object England)
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OASIS Id: johnmoor1-160359
OBIB: 2722
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Created Date:		 25 Nov 2016