Darch, E. and Connolly, E. (2014). Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment of Land at Crest Hill, Harvington. Worcester: Worcestershire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1050470. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment of Land at Crest Hill, Harvington
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Series:		 Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 A desk-based assessment for the historic environment was undertaken at land at Crest Hill, Harvington, Worcestershire (SP 05943 48927) to form part of an application to Wychavon District Council for outline permission to construct up to 85 houses. The site is located south-east of the Village of Harvington, east of the junction of Crest Hill Road and Anchor Lane, on a south-east facing slope. An area 500m in diameter was studied as part of this assessment. A heritage assessment, being prepared separately, will consider impacts on the setting of heritage assets. Permission has been granted for the construction of 9 houses in the west of the site for which an archaeological evaluation has recently taken place, confirming that no archaeology survives in this area and also within an area of orchard in the south-west of the site. The proposed development site is considered to include heritage assets and potential heritage assets, the significance of which may be affected by the application (WSM15423; a probable postmedieval marl quarry and WSM 56925; an area of Palaeolithic potential). Bedrock across the site belongs to the Mercian mudstone group and superficial deposits belonging to Ailstone member (Warwickshire Avon) sand and gravel are known to extend into the north and north western parts of the site. Superficial deposits either side of the site are recorded as having the potential for the survival of Palaeolithic material. Finds in antiquity from an unknown location within the Parish of Harvington include two Acheulean hand axes, while, prior to 1968, a find of an upper molar of M. Primigenius (Woolly Mammoth) was made at a quarry immediately north of the site. There is evidence on the HER from within the study area of Prehistoric cropmarks as well as the find in a parish boundary ditch of a Bronze Age axe head. The Medieval village of Harvington is located within 50m of the proposed development site.
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Author:		 E Darch
E. Connolly
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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:		 2014
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Site: Land at Crest Hill
County: Worcestershire
District: Wychavon
Parish: HARVINGTON
Country: England
Grid Reference: 405943, 248927 (Easting, Northing)
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DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH (Event)
DESK BASED ASSESSMENT (Event)
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OASIS Id: fieldsec1-241307
OBIB: Report Reference 2175
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Created Date:		 31 Jan 2019