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Former Bus Depot, Friars Street, Hereford: Archaeological Evaluation |
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Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in November 2017 at the Former Bus Station, Friar Street, Hereford. A total of eight trenches was excavated. Evidence of medieval activity was limited to the north-eastern part of the site where two pits, probably representing rubbish pits, were found to contain finds of 11th to 15th-century date. Five similar pits and a ditch/gully were also identified in the north-eastern part of the site, and although undated, may be broadly contemporary. Four sub-rectangular graves, all of which contained articulated human bone, were identified in the south-eastern part of the site. Two further, similarly-shaped, features were also identified in the south-eastern part of the site but were found to be devoid of human remains. The location of these graves, within an enclosed area depicted on 18th-century maps, appears to confirm the presence of a burial ground associated with a known 18th-century Quaker's meetinghouse. The function of the latter features remains unclear. Part of an undated limestone structure of indeterminate function, also identified in the south-eastern part of the site, correlates with the western edge of the postulated burial ground and suggests that it may, at least in part, have been demarcated by a wall. |
Author: |
P Guarino
Steve Sheldon
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Publisher: |
Cotswold Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Herefordshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2017
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Former Bus Station, Friars Street |
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Herefordshire |
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Herefordshire, County of |
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HEREFORD |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 350637, 239831 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
cotswold2-314271 |
OBIB: |
17703 |
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Created Date: |
13 Sep 2018 |