Lovett, P., Mann, A. and Rogers, T. (2013). Archaeological excavation and watching brief at Three Springs Road, Pershore, Worcestershire. Worcester: Worcestershire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1042987. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological excavation and watching brief at Three Springs Road, Pershore, Worcestershire
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Series:		 Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 An archaeological excavation and watching brief were undertaken on land off Three Springs Road, Pershore. The aims of the project were to investigate archaeological remains of Romano-British date identified in an archaeological evaluation of the site. The site is located on the western side of Three Springs Road which lies on the western edge of Pershore, on a gravel terrace above the floodplain of the River Avon which flows 500m to the south. Prior to the excavation the site consisted of small paddocks under pasture with permanent and temporary farm buildings accessed by several tracks. Three excavation areas were stripped by mechanical excavator to the top of archaeological deposits and subsequently sampled by hand excavation and recorded. Subsequent groundworks on the site were subject to a watching brief. The most significant period for evidence of occupation was from the Late Iron Age and early Roman periods, with a peak in the 1st - 2nd centuries AD. This activity comprised two parallel ditches forming a droveway, aligned east-west across the site, flanked by a number of enclosures and ditches of varying sizes forming pounds and stockades with a function likely to be related to the husbandry of livestock. Material recovered from the ditches indicated the presence of an occupation site in the close vicinity, possibly of high status, though no structures were observed within the excavation area. The droveway is likely to have led from the higher ground to the east of the site, to the edge of the River Avon floodplain to the west. A number of undated pits and possible post-holes were also recorded as well as post-medieval furrows the remnants of strip-field agriculture.
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Author:		 P Lovett
A Mann
T Rogers
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Publisher:		 Worcestershire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Worcestershire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2013
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Site: Three Springs Road
County: Worcestershire
District: Wychavon
Parish: PERSHORE
Country: England
Grid Reference: 393712, 245321 (Easting, Northing)
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LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) FLINT (Find)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) IRONWORK (Find)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) DROVEWAY (Monus)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) RIDGE AND FURROW (Monument Type England)
EXCAVATION (Event)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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OASIS Id: fieldsec1-232565
OBIB: report 2002
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Created Date:		 18 Aug 2017