Lovett, P. (2017). Archaeological Watching Brief at Hopwas Quarry, Tamworth, Staffordshire. Worcester: Worcestershire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1050481. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological Watching Brief at Hopwas Quarry, Tamworth, Staffordshire
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Series:		 Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 An archaeological watching brief was undertaken at Hopwas Quarry, Hints, Tamworth, Staffordshire (NGR SK 15992 03943). It was undertaken on behalf of Cemex UK, and formed part of a programme of works completed in response to an archaeological condition placed upon planning permission for mineral extraction granted to the Client by Staffordshire County Council. The area of the site affected was monitored during works to reinstate the decommissioned quarry. During this watching brief, a number of small pits were identified in the north-west corner of the site. These contained an assemblage of Late Bronze Age pottery and fire-cracked stone. Whilst most of the pits suggested no distinct function, one had evidence of a collapsed clay superstructure indicative of a hearth. Another pit had distinct fills of charcoal and fire-cracked stone, likely to have derived from the raking out of spent material from a hearth incorporating hotstone technology. Radiocarbon dating of one of these pits returned a date of 1390-1120 cal BC, placing it at the onset of the later Bronze Age. This correlates with other activity in the vicinity, with a number of later Bronze Age pits having been located some 600m to the south, one of which contained an unurned cremation. This evidence, taken together, strongly suggests settlement in the immediate vicinity. Page
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Author:		 P Lovett
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Publisher:		 Worcestershire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Staffordshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2017
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Site: Hopwas Quarry
County: Staffordshire
District: Lichfield
Parish: HINTS
Country: England
Grid Reference: 415628, 304520 (Easting, Northing)
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BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) CHARCOAL (Find)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) PLANT MACRO REMAINS (Object England)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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OASIS Id: fieldsec1-279325
OBIB: Internal report 2412
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Created Date:		 31 Jan 2019