Napthan, M. (2012). Land at Battenhall Road, Worcester - archaeological desk-top assessment. Mike Napthan Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1028713. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land at Battenhall Road, Worcester - archaeological desk-top assessment
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Series:		 Mike Napthan Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 An archaeological desk top assessment was undertaken by Mike Napthan Archaeology in May-June 2012 to provide a synopsis of evidence relating to the site of an intended housing development on land between Battenhall Road and Duck Brook, Worcester. The site lies on the west facing slope of the Duck Brook Valley, just to the south of the ridge of higher ground occupied by Battenhall Mount. The area now forms part of the south eastern suburbs of Worcester, but until the 1930s had remained largely rural with only a handful of substantial houses constructed from the 1860s onwards. Despite extensive development of the surrounding area for housing from the 1930s onwards the present site has remained as pastureland. The site forms part of a larger land parcel known in the early 19th Century as Birch Meadow. The site is primarily open rough grazing land on the upper slopes of the poorly drained Duck Brook Meadow. Historically it was part of the important Manor of Battenhall, which was traditionally part of the holdings of the Prior of Worcester and was extant pre Norman conquest. Cartographic sources indicate that the southern and eastern boundaries of the development site had been established by the 1830s. By the 1920s there was a small agricultural building or shed in the SE corner of the site, but there are no other indications that the site has been previously occupied by buildings. In 1942 the construction of a pipeline, ( part of the military infrastructure linked to "PLUTO" that proved crucial for the Normandy landings of 1944), cut across the middle of the present site. Many sections of the pipeline nationally have been retained in use by commercial operators, and it should be assumed that the pipe is still live unless evidence to the contrary has been produced. There are no recorded find-spots within the development area or its immediate environs, and the potential for buried archaeological remains or artefacts appears fairly low.
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Author:		 M Napthan
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Publisher:		 Mike Napthan Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Worcester City SMR and UAD (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2012
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County: Worcestershire
Country: England
Site: Land at Battenhall Road, Worcester
Parish: WORCESTER
District: Worcester
Location - Auto Detected: Battenhall Road
Location - Auto Detected: Normandy
Location - Auto Detected: Duck Brook Worcester
Location - Auto Detected: Duck Brook Valley
Location - Auto Detected: Worcester
Grid Reference: 386200, 253300 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) NONE (Find)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) PASTURE (Monument Type England)
Early 19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH (Event)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT) (Event)
DESK BASED ASSESSMENT (Event)
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OASIS Id: mikenapt1-144714
OBIB: WCM 101929
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Note:		 Comb bound A4 report with A3 inserts and DVD photo archive
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Created Date:		 28 Nov 2016