Cornah, T., Jackson, R., Webster, J. and Williams, D. M. (2014). Archaeological Investigations at Ball Mill Quarry Grimley, Worcestershire: Church Farm South. Worcester: Worcestershire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1044591. Cite this using datacite Cite this using datacite

Title The title of the publication or report Title:	Archaeological Investigations at Ball Mill Quarry Grimley, Worcestershire: Church Farm South
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DOI The DOI (digital object identifier) for the publication or report. DOI	https://doi.org/10.5284/1044591 https://doi.org/10.5284/1045014
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Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report Abstract:	A programme of archaeological investigation has been completed at the Church Farm South extension to Ball Mill Quarry, Grimley, Worcestershire (NGR SO 38309 26056; HER ref 46309). The work was undertaken by Worcestershire Archaeology (WA) on behalf of Lafarge Tarmac Limited in advance of mineral extraction. Cropmarks have previously been widely mapped in this area including within the Church Farm South extension where these were interpreted as representing the ditches of a former field system associated with fragmentary stock penning and settlement enclosures. Clusters of pits and a ringditch were also plotted and together these form part of an extensive cropmark landscape in the area surrounding the villages of Holt and Grimley. Many areas of this landscape have been investigated in advance of earlier phases of quarrying and these previous investigations have revealed a palimpsest of funerary monuments, settlement enclosures and stock pens along with related tracks and field systems dating from the Bronze Age through to the early medieval period. The most recent investigations revealed that only very limited elements of the cropmark landscape had survived in this area due to truncation by ploughing. Surviving remains included a number of small and poorly dated prehistoric pits. These may provide further examples of features such as this which have been found scattered across the wider area. These may be of Iron Age date but more probably relate to short-lived periods of residence during the earlier Bronze Age; the selection of this location perhaps having been influenced by the presence of several funerary monuments of comparable date in the vicinity which may have provided a focal point in the local landscape. Several ditches were also recorded and can be suggested to form part of the Romano- British field system associated with one of a number of farmstead enclosures known to the north.
Author The authors of this publication or report Author:	Tim Cornah Robin Jackson J Webster D M Williams
Publisher The publisher of the publication or report Publisher:	Worcestershire Archaeology
Other Person/Org Other people or organisations for this publication or report Other Person/Org:	Historic England (OASIS Reviewer) Worcestershire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published Year of Publication:	2014
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. Locations:	Site: Ball Mill Quarry. Church Farm South County: Worcestershire District: Malvern Hills Parish: GRIMLEY Country: England Grid Reference: 383090, 260560 (Easting, Northing)
Subjects / Periods Subjects / Periods associated with this record. Subjects / Periods:	NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) LEAF SHAPED ARROWHEAD (Find) BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England) ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England) ROMAN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England) ROMAN (Historic England Periods) GULLIES (Monus) BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England) LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England) UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England) WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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