Taylor-Wilson, R. H. (2012). Archaeological Investigations at land off Sir Herbert Austin Way, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands. Brockley: Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited. https://doi.org/10.5284/1051665. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological Investigations at land off Sir Herbert Austin Way, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands
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Series:		 Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd (London) unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Trial trenching evaluation (10 trenches,Trenches 1-10) and follow up open area excavation (Areas 1-3). Archaeological remains recorded in Trenches 4, 5 and 6 were considered to be of sufficient archaeological significance to require further exposure, examination and recording. A cluster of features of probable Romano-British origin were recorded in the northernmost part of Area A, having suffered considerable horizontal truncation by later activity. A short length of curving gully and two oval pits or postholes were potentially related to simple structures, while a linear NW-SE aligned gully may have delineated a boundary. The curving gully - possibly part of a roundhouse ring gully - yielded a sherd of pottery from a jar of early Roman date. To the south was a large 'tear-shaped' pit with a distinct stepped side lined with stones in its narrower eastern part. This surface included part of a quern stone of Roman date. The feature may have been a clay quarry, later used as a watering hole for animals. The activity of this period was probably undertaken beyond long narrow plots of land set out to the west of the nearby Roman road. Evidence of agriculture-related land management and use in the medieval period was recorded in the form of a land boundary in the southern part of Area 1 and traces of plough furrows to the north. This activity continued into the post-medieval period with the land boundary being repeatedly re-defined and in fact this boundary remained fossilised in the landscape into the modern era. A series of truncated plough furrows recorded in the northern part of Area 2 probably represent post-medieval agricultural activity. Much evidence of modern era land use was recorded, with the site having been developed in the second half of the 20th century as a residential street, Ulwine Drive.
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Author:		 R H Taylor-Wilson
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Publisher:		 Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited
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Other Person/Org:		 Birmingham City HER (OASIS Reviewer)
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2012
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Parish: BIRMINGHAM
County: West Midlands
Country: England
District: Birmingham
Site: Land off Sir Herbert Austin Way, Northfield
Grid Reference: 401970, 279750 (Easting, Northing)
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ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
SHERD (Object England)
PIT (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
GULLY (Monument Type England)
QUERNSTONE (Find)
DITCH (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: preconst1-115340
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Created Date:		 25 Apr 2019