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Land to the South of Romanway Industrial Estate, West Auckland Road, Bishop Auckland, County Durham |
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Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd (London) unpublished report series
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preconst1-178089_1.pdf (18 MB)
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Historic environment desk-based assessment. The eastern boundary of the site is delimited by Green Lane, a track which follows the alignment of Dere Street Roman road. In terms of buried archaeological remains, the assessment has concluded that the study site has low potential for prehistoric remains, moderate to high potential for Roman remains, low potential for Anglo-Saxon and medieval remains and high potential for late post-medieval remains (which would most likely relate to the clay extraction) . Archaeological remains of the Roman period are likely to be of low to medium significance, with potential to contribute to local or regional archaeological research objectives. Post-medieval archaeological remains relating to the quarrying of the site would be of negligible significance, of little or no archaeological interest. It is recommended, therefore, that a programme of archaeological investigation is undertaken at the study in advance of any development, but that such work be restricted to parts of the site a) where proposed development groundworks have the potential to disturb archaeological levels and b) which were not subject to quarrying, based on historic map evidence. The assessment has established that although the majority of the site appears to have been quarried, its eastern margin, adjacent to Dere Street, may not have been. Therefore, any archaeological investigation, if required, should focus on this part of the site. |
Author: |
Aidan R Pratt
Jennifer Proctor
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Publisher: |
Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Please note: this record has been validated by-proxy by Historic England.
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Year of Publication: |
2014
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Locations: |
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BISHOP AUCKLAND |
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Durham |
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County Durham |
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England |
Site: |
Land south of Romanway Industrial Estate |
Grid Reference: 420500, 526950 (Easting, Northing)
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preconst1-178089 |
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Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |