Arnold, G. (2016). Archaeological evaluation of land off Bristol Road, Hardwicke, Gloucestershire. Worcester: Worcestershire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1054914. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological evaluation of land off Bristol Road, Hardwicke, Gloucestershire
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Series:		 Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 An archaeological evaluation was undertaken of land off Bristol Road, Hardwicke, Gloucestershire. It was undertaken on behalf of CgMs Consulting Ltd, whose client, Redrow Homes, intends residential development for which a planning application will be submitted to Stroud District Council. The site is located 1.6 km south-west of the civil parish of Quedgeley, a suburb of Gloucester. The site comprised two flat, recently harvested fields. Fourteen trenches (55.5m x 1.8m) were excavated over the site area of 7 hectares, following a geophysical survey. This had identified no anomalies of possible or probable archaeological activity. A number of shallow features were recorded relating to multiple periods, including Middle Iron Age, Roman and medieval pits, medieval gullies and post-medieval land drainage and field boundaries and modern truncation. Early prehistoric flints were recovered from the plough soil, including a Neolithic polished flint axe. The features recorded had been heavily truncated by ploughing, demonstrating the intensive agricultural use of the site from the medieval period onwards. The presence of residual finds within the ploughsoil, from the early prehistoric period onwards, is not considered to be the result solely of manuring of the fields however. The potential for the presence of in situ evidence of earlier activity on the site cannot therefore be ruled out, although the geophysical survey would indicate that the likelihood is low.
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Author:		 G Arnold
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Publisher:		 Worcestershire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2016
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Site: Land off Bristol Road
County: Gloucestershire
District: Stroud
Parish: HARDWICKE
Country: England
Grid Reference: 380240, 212680 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) FLINT HAND AXE (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) FIELD BOUNDARY (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) GULLIES (Monus)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: fieldsec1-265908
OBIB: Report 2392
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Created Date:		 17 Jul 2019