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Title:

Archaeological investigations at Numbers 209 to 233 Kings Road, Reading, Berkshire

Series:

John Moore Heritage Services unpublished report series

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https://doi.org/10.5284/1046867

Publication Type:

Report (in Series)

Abstract:

An archaeological watching brief, evaluation and area excavation were carried out at Kings Road, Reading by John Moore Heritage Services. The work took place during the groundworks for the redevelopment of a site previously occupied by a Victorian terrace and an office block. Nineteenth century building work had uncovered a structure thought to be a Roman building and a cemetery of possible Saxon or Medieval date. A re-assessment of the earlier findings suggests that the remains are all of medieval date and may be connected with a leper hospital and cemetery thought to occupy the site. Despite significant ground reduction and disturbance caused by earlier development, a range of archaeological features survived in a small area at the south-western end of the site. These consisted of a rectilinear arrangement of ditches and several pits, which produced late prehistoric and Roman pottery, as well as medieval pottery dating between the middle 11th and 15th centuries. Disarticulated and re-deposited human remains were also recovered from the site, and are almost certainly linked to the discoveries made during the nineteenth century. No trace of a Roman building was found, but the finds of medieval pottery and tile strengthen the case for a medieval building, possibly associated with garden or horticultural plots defined by the layout of ditches.

Author:

R Entwistle

Publisher:

John Moore Heritage Services

Other Person/Org:

Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Berkshire Archaeology HER (OASIS Reviewer)

Year of Publication:

2003

Locations:

Site:	209-211, 217-223 King's Road
County:	Berkshire
District:	Reading
Parish:	READING
Country:	England

Grid Reference: 473000, 173240 (Easting, Northing)

Subjects / Periods:

LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)	DEBITAGE (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	FLOOR TILE (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)	LIFT KEY (Object England)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)	LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)	NAIL (Object England)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)	SHERD (Object England)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)	SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	ROOF TILE (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	CELLAR (Monument Type England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)	DITCH (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	HUMAN REMAINS (Monument Type England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)	PIT (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	PIT (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	WALL (Monument Type England)
	CORE (Object England)
	FLAKE (Object England)
	COIN (Object England)
	BLADE (Object England)
	EXCAVATION (Event)
	END SCRAPER (Object England)
	MULTIPLE PLATFORM CORE (Object England)
	RIDGE TILE (Object England)
	SHERD (Object England)
	QUARRY (Monument Type England)
	POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
	WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
	DESK BASED ASSESSMENT (Event)
	EVALUATION (Event)
	FLOOR TILE (Object England)
	BLADE CORE (Object England)
	DAUB (Object England)
	RETOUCHED FLAKE (Object England)
	PEG TILE (Object England)

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OASIS Id:

johnmoor1-288826

Note:

27 pages a4

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Created Date:

05 Apr 2018