Dalwood, H. (2007). Desk-Based Assessment of Sainsbury's Supermarket Site, The Smithfield, Bridgnorth, Shropshire. Worcester: Worcestershire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1037581. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Desk-Based Assessment of Sainsbury's Supermarket Site, The Smithfield, Bridgnorth, Shropshire
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Series:		 Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 A desk-based assessment for the historic environment was undertaken at The Smithfield, Bridgnorth, Shropshire (NGR SO 714 933). It was undertaken on behalf of Arthur Amos Associates, consultants to Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, who have received outline planning permission for development. The study showed that important deposits relating to the medieval town defences survive in the southwest part of the application area, and close to Whitburn Street there is potential for the survival of deposits and buildings relating to medieval and post-medieval backplots. Archaeological, documentary and cartographic sources provide a good basis for understanding past land-use of the southwest part of the application site. This part of the application site has the greatest archaeological potential. There are clear potential impacts of the development, through construction of small retail units and groundworks for a new carpark. However it is argued that mitigation measures can be implemented to mitigate against damage to buried archaeological deposits. Most of the application area lay outside the occupied area of the town before the 19th century, and consisted of land in horticultural and agricultural use. From the early 19th century there were a range of new land-uses (housing, a livestock market, and a ropewalk), and for the late 20th century commercial buildings and workshops were built in various areas. This part of the application site has low archaeological potential, and the most intensive development impacts are here: construction and extension of large retail units and construction of a new relief road. However it is suggested that construction is unlikely to have an adverse effect on buried archaeological deposits.
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Author:		 H Dalwood
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Publisher:		 Worcestershire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Shropshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2007
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Site: Sainsbury's Supermarket Site, The Smithfield
County: Shropshire
District: Shropshire
Parish: BRIDGNORTH
Country: England
Grid Reference: 371400, 293300 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BUILDING (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) TOWN DEFENCES (Monument Type England)
DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH (Event)
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION (Event)
DESK BASED ASSESSMENT (Event)
FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT) (Event)
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OASIS Id: fieldsec1-239436
OBIB: Report 1555
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Created Date:		 01 Feb 2018