Connelly, E. and Walsh, A. (2014). An archaeological evaluation at Land to the North of the Roman Road and west of the A49, Holmer, Hereford. Worcester: Worcestershire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1041819. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 An archaeological evaluation at Land to the North of the Roman Road and west of the A49, Holmer, Hereford
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Series:		 Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1041819
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 An archaeological evaluation was undertaken at land to the North of the Roman Road and west of the A49, Holmer, Hereford. Prior to the evaluation, a desk based assessment of the site was prepared. This identified the potential for the survival of prehistoric or Roman features by the record of a series of cropmarks on an aerial photograph. The potential for survival of Roman features associated with the Roman road to the south of the site was also recognised. Following this a geophysical survey was carried out. A small number of possible archaeological anomalies were identified towards the centre and north of the survey area in the form of small linear and curvi-linear anomalies and a concentration of possible pit features. In the central to eastern part of the site a complex of shallow ditches, pits and postholes were recorded from which medieval pottery was recovered. To the west of this area, a stone structure thought likely to be a corn drying oven was uncovered and to the east of this area, close to Holmer Parish Church, a cobbled surface, possibly a trackway, was recorded. Pottery largely comprised of cooking pots and is interpreted as a domestic assemblage. Environmental evidence points to a site engaged in crop processing on a significant scale, and probably crop cultivation on-site. On the northern edge of the site, a small cluster of round cremation pits, were recorded in one trench. These were not dated but are thought by their form to be prehistoric in date. An adjacent ditch may have formed an enclosing element. To the south-east of the pits, a palaeochannel was recorded, likely to have formerly linked with the Ayles Brook which rises to the south. Whilst medieval pottery was recorded from the upper fills of this channel, it is thought likely that this was an extant watercourse in the later prehistoric period, which may have formed a focus of activity.
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Author:		 E Connelly
Andrew Walsh ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 Worcestershire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Herefordshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2014
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Site: Land to the North of the Roman Road and west of the A49
County: Herefordshire
District: Herefordshire, County of
Parish: HOPE UNDER DINMORE
Country: England
Grid Reference: 350150, 252550 (Easting, Northing)
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MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) COBBLED SURFACE (Monus)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CORN DRYING OVEN (Monument Type England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) CREMATIONS (Monus)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) PALAEOCHANNEL (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
CORN DRYING OVEN (Monument Type England)
CREMATION (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: fieldsec1-228643
OBIB: Report number 2162; 2047
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Note:		 Evaluation report and previous DBA of site
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Created Date:		 18 Aug 2017