Miller, D. (2011). Archaeological work at Rotherwas Industrial Estate, Herefordshire (Rotherwas Futures). Worcester: Worcestershire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1030807. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological work at Rotherwas Industrial Estate, Herefordshire (Rotherwas Futures)
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Series:		 Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 This report presents and interprets the evidence from archaeological work on the Rotherwas Industrial Estate near Hereford. The work followed a desk-based assessment and field evaluation by Archaeological Investigations Ltd. The field evaluation found significant prehistoric deposits in an area to the south of the estate. It also identified potentially significant deposits in the same area to the west and another area 500m to the north-east. The Service was commissioned to excavate the main area of prehistoric deposits and to trench both areas of potential significance. The excavation revealed a sequence of prehistoric remains interleaved with alluvial soils. Six phases were identified spanning the period from the Late Neolithic to the Middle Bronze Age. The remains included three groups of pits and two burnt mounds. One of the burnt mounds was radiocarbon dated to the mid/late third millennium BC, the other to the mid/late second millennium BC. The alluvial soils contained molluscs which showed a change from wet woodland to grassland in this period. The excavation also exposed the ditches of a large curvilinear enclosure and a smaller rectilinear enclosure. Quite unexpectedly, the curvilinear enclosure was radiocarbon dated to the sixth or seventh century AD. The rectilinear enclosure was not dated but an early medieval date is more likely than an Iron Age or Roman date. Finally, there was evidence of post-medieval farming and a later phase of sedimentation. This evidence represents a major addition to the archaeology of the area. The prehistoric evidence complements evidence found along the line of the Rotherwas Access road in 2006-7, and in other development-led work around the southern fringes of Hereford. The early medieval evidence represents a discovery of regional significance, although the rectilinear enclosure was not securely dated and the function of both enclosures remains uncertain.
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Author:		 D Miller
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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:		 2011
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Site: Rotherwas Futures, Rotherwas Industrial Estate
County: Herefordshire
District: Herefordshire, County of
Parish: LOWER BULLINGHAM
Country: England
Grid Reference: 353027, 237550 (Easting, Northing)
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LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) FLINTS (Find)
EARLY PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) FLINTS (Find)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) MOLLUSCS (Find)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PLANT MACROFOSSILS (Find)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) PLANT MACROFOSSILS (Find)
LATE NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) BURNT MOUND (Monument Type England)
MIDDLE NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) BURNT MOUND (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CURVILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) FIELD SYSTEM (Monument Type England)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) PIT GROUP (Monus)
EARLY PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) PIT GROUP (Monus)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) RECTALINEAR ENCLOSURE (Monus)
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WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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OASIS Id: fieldsec1-171400
OBIB: Report number 1837
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Created Date:		 01 Feb 2018