Tuck, A. (2015). Wakefield Eastern Relief Road, Wakefield, West Yorkshire: Strip, Map and Sample Report. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1048279. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Wakefield Eastern Relief Road, Wakefield, West Yorkshire: Strip, Map and Sample Report
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Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1048279
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 Wessex Archaeology were commissioned by Hochtief Buckingham Joint Venture, on behalf of Wakefield Council, to undertake an archaeological strip, map and sample investigation on two Sites impacted by the Wakefield Eastern Relief Road, on the eastern outskirts of the city of Wakefield (Site 1 centred on NGR SE 34720 22330 and Site 2 centred on SE 35200 21440). An isolated undated ditch was identified in Site 1, likely associated with features on a similar or perpendicular alignment identified by previous geophysical survey and evaluation of the City Fields site to the south and west (Phase Site Investigations 2013a; Wessex Archaeology 2013). In the absence of dating evidence, a late prehistoric/ Romano-British date seems likely for this isolated field boundary. A large enclosure, previously identified by geophysical survey (Phase Site Investigations 2013b) and partially investigated by evaluation (Wessex Archaeology 2014), was excavated at Site 2, and found to be of probable early Post-medieval date. The southeast limit of the enclosure was a substantial boundary of four or five parallel ditches and gullies, and the northeast limit was a single larger ditch. Within the southern extent of the enclosure were three gullies and two pits potentially forming part of internal sub-divisions. The archaeology in this area appears to consist of a single phase although dating evidence was scarce. Evidence for the domestic use of the enclosures was slight: a medieval or early Post-Medieval pot quern fragment, a stone with possible sharpening grooves and a small fragment of probable Post-medieval brick were all recovered from an internal gully, and only a small number of Post-medieval (16th or 17th century) pottery sherds and a further fragment of probable Post-medieval brick were recovered from the northeast enclosure ditch. In the absence of more definitive evidence, an agricultural use for the enclosure seems likely.
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Author:		 Ashley Tuck ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 Wessex Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
West Yorkshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2015
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Site: Wakefield Eastern Relief Road
County: West Yorkshire
District: Wakefield
Parish: WAKEFIELD
Country: England
Grid Reference: 434720, 422330 (Easting, Northing)
Grid Reference: 435200, 421440 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POT QUERN (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) FIELD BOUNDARY (Monument Type England)
EXCAVATION (Event)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-195094
OBIB: 106711.01
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Created Date:		 02 Jul 2018