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Former Ambulance Station Wantage Oxfordshire,Archaeological Evaluation Report |
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Oxford Archaeological Unit unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
In December 2009, Oxford Archaeology carried out a field evaluation at the former Ambulance Station, off Ormond Street, Wantage, Oxfordshire. The work was undertaken on behalf of Builders EDE Ltd. The site was previously occupied by Wantage Ambulance Station, which has recently been demolished. The focus of the evaluation was within the footprint of the proposed new build, and comprised two trenches. Trenches 1 and 2 were respectively 20 m and 15 m in length. The evaluation revealed one east-west aligned ditch and two intercutting ditches on a roughly north-south alignment. The dimensions and profile of the earlier of the north-south aligned ditches suggested a possible correlation with the east-west aligned ditch, as did the similarity between the composition of the fill of the eastwest aligned ditch and the upper fill of the earlier north-south aligned feature. A single small sherd of pottery from the upper fill of the latter suggested a possible late Saxon date for this feature. The second of the north-south aligned ditches may have represented a re-cut of the earlier feature. Three modern trenches were also revealed, which represent the grubbed out foundation trenches of the recently demolished ambulance station. Within the footprint of the demolished building, the natural geology was directly overlain by a deposit of similar composition to the fills of the foundation trenches, and likely to have originated from the recent phase of demolition. Outside the footprint of the former building, this demolition deposit overlay a buried soil horizon which in turn overlay the natural geology. |
Author: |
Robin Bashford
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Publisher: |
Oxford Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Oxfordshire SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2009
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Wantage Ambulance Station |
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Oxfordshire |
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Vale of White Horse |
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WANTAGE |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 439980, 187760 (Easting, Northing)
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oxfordar1-82701 |
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A4 Plastic bound client report
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Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |