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Land at Barton, Oxford |
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Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
The evaluation identified a dispersed pattern of ditches, although there appeared to be more of a concentration of features in the northern central and eastern parts of the site. Possibly the earliest feature was a small ditch near the site's eastern edge, from which was recovered two sherds of Roman pottery. No other Roman features were encountered, although a small assemblage of Roman pottery was recovered from later features and deposits, indicating some activity in the vicinity during the Roman period, from 12th to the 15th centuries. They suggest an agricultural landscape of fields, paddocks and droveways, possibly associated with the site of the putative medieval settlement to the north of Bayswater Brook. Artefactual evidence was scarce, with most of the pottery recovered from the site coming from the northern central area, to the north of the substation. The land was re-organised in the early post-medieval period, when a system of ridge and furrow ploughing was established on the site. The earthworks associated with this form of ploughing probably survived until relatively recently as 19th-century land drains were noted in many of the furrows, indicating that the ridges were still visible at this time. |
Author: |
Cotswold Archaeology
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Publisher: |
Cotswold Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Oxfordshire SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2012
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Land at Barton, Oxford |
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Oxfordshire |
District: |
Oxford |
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OXFORD |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 454500, 208300 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
cotswold2-187867 |
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12312 |
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Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |