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Archaeological excavation at Hawthorn Rise, Tibberton, Worcestershire |
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Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An archaeological excavation was undertaken at Hawthorn Rise, Tibberton, Worcestershire (NGR SO 9037 5779). It was undertaken on behalf of Speller Metcalfe Living Ltd, who intends a residential development for which a planning application will be submitted. The excavations at Tibberton revealed two large parallel ditches that ran roughly east to west around the slope of the hill. Whilst the full extent of the enclosure was not ascertained, the siting of these large contemporaneous ditches around the breast of a hill suggests a possible promontory fort function, potentially enclosing an area of c 1.8-4ha. The pottery recovered from these ditches suggests a Middle Iron Age origin, with closure in the Late Iron Age. This closure was represented by intentional backfilling of the ditches after they had been largely allowed to silt up, and then the placement of a two pots into pits cut into the top of the northern ditch. The pottery vessel type distribution suggests an ordered closure of the site. Later pits cutting the ditches contained possible conquest-era Severn Valley ware pottery, suggesting a limited amount of activity on the site following the demise of the earlier enclosure. A typical assemblage of domestic animal bone for the period was recovered from the site, although as it was largely from the ditch fills, it may have been skewed in favour of bones from larger species. |
Author: |
P Lovett
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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: |
2016
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Hawthorn Rise |
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Worcestershire |
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Wychavon |
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TIBBERTON |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 390370, 257790 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
fieldsec1-227018 |
OBIB: |
Internal Report series 2327 |
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Short summary report in Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society 2018, with a link to the full version online
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19 Feb 2018 |