Deeks, A. and Jackson, R. G. (2003). Desk-Based Assessment and Updated Project Design: Ripple Quarry, Ripple, Worcestershire. Worcester: Worcestershire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1045521. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Desk-Based Assessment and Updated Project Design: Ripple Quarry, Ripple, Worcestershire
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Series:		 Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1045521
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 An archaeological desk-based assessment was undertaken at Ripple Quarry, Ripple, Worcestershire (NGR SO 9730 3700), as part of a staged programme of evaluation supported by English Heritage through the Aggregates Sustainability Levy (ALSF). A combination of existing SMR and documentary sources, aerial photographic interpretation and field walkover identified evidence of occupation and other activity dating from the prehistoric, Roman, medieval and post-medieval within the project study area. The area included evidence for enclosures, trackways and other features, some of which may be associated with occupation at Towbury Hillfort lying only 500m to the east. In the south-west of the quarry, a quantity of Romano-British ceramics has been recorded from beneath 4 feet (1.22m) of alluvium by the 19th century antiquarian Allies. In addition evidence of medieval settlement in the vicinity was focused around the villages of Ripple, Uckinghall, Queenhill and Holdfast with associated cultivation represented by ridge and furrow in adjacent fields. The desk-based assessment has indicated a high potential for archaeological remains ranging from the prehistoric to the post-medieval period, which where buried by alluvium have the potential to be well preserved and associated with palaeoenvironmental remains. An updated project design has been produced for further evaluation of the archaeological potential of this area.
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Author:		 A Deeks
R G Jackson
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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:		 2003
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Site: Ripple Quarry
County: Worcestershire
District: Malvern Hills
Parish: RIPPLE
Country: England
Grid Reference: 387300, 237000 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) MOUND (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) PLATFORM (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) RIDGE AND FURROW (Monument Type England)
DESK BASED ASSESSMENT (Event)
FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT) (Event)
DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH (Event)
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION (Event)
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OASIS Id: fieldsec1-240418
OBIB: Report 1245
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Created Date:		 02 Feb 2018