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Archaeological Evaluation at 26, Cowl Street, Evesham, Worcestershire |
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Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
The project identified deposits, features and structures of medieval and post-medieval date. The medieval remains were mostly identified along the frontage, comprising the stonewalls and foundations of a c 14th century building, predated by several 13th century pits and postholes to the east, and a butted by a sequence of 16th century deposits to the west. A further 13th century pit was identified at the rear of the plot. The structural remains comprised a north-south aligned unmortared wall of lias stone, which turned west at the north end, and east at the south end. It was butted by a square structure on the southern alignment. The main structure is considered to form part of a typical high-status medieval town-house, possibly part of the same building as that identified during a previous watching brief of 25, Cowl Street (WSM 25970). The small added structure is conjectured to be a garderobe or cess-pit. The postholes observed adjacent may represent activity relating to the original construction of the building. Deposits to the rear of the plot included garden soils and make-up layers of 16th century date, along with similarly dated pits which appeared to have been used for tanning (although evidence of metal smithing was also forthcoming), which were in turn sealed by garden soils of the 17th century. The building on the frontage may have stood until the 18th century, and later in the same century a new building was erected, which caused disturbance of earlier deposits. |
Author: |
Laura Griffin
Elizabeth Pearson
T M Vaughan
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Publisher: |
Worcestershire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Worcestershire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2007
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26, Cowl Street |
County: |
Worcestershire |
District: |
Wychavon |
Parish: |
EVESHAM |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 403890, 243840 (Easting, Northing)
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fieldsec1-237924 |
OBIB: |
Report 1531 |
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A4 booklet
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Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |