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Lower Graylingwell, Chicester, Archaeological Evaluation Report |
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Oxford Archaeological Unit unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
Oxford Archaeology South (OAS) working for WSP/Parsons Brinckerhoff were commissioned by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) to undertake an archaeological evaluation of land at Lower Graylingwell, Chichester, following the granting of outline planning permission (CDC/15/00743/OUT). The evaluation did not include the former recreation area, nor the two single storey 20th century buildings. Twenty three trenches were excavated, including six within the abandoned Martin's Farm, and Historic Building Recording was also carried out on the standing remains of the farm, first documented in the 1772 map of the Manor of Broyle. Except in Martin's Farm, the trenches were originally intended to be 50m long, but numerous live services criss-crossing the site broke these into shorter ones. Trenches 1-2 showed evidence of Roman ditches were apparent. Trench 15 showed no trace of the anticipated medieval culvert was found, and the other trenches outside Martin's Farm revealed only a few undated ditches, and very few finds, though these included two residual flint piercers of Neolithic or Bronze Age date. Trenches 21-25 in Martin's Farm did not locate any evidence of buildings or activity earlier than the L-shaped block shown on the 1772 map. Trenches 24 and 25 were dug to investigate respectively a circular and a square structure shown on the historic maps. The position of the circular structure was confirmed, but its purpose was not clarified; three brick piers below the edges of the square structure indicate that this had been a raised granary. |
Author: |
G Evans
Mariusz I Gorniak
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Oxford Archaeology
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
West Sussex SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2017
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Lower Graylingwell |
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West Sussex |
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Chichester |
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CHICHESTER |
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England |
Grid Reference: 486673, 106072 (Easting, Northing)
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oxfordar1-367893 |
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A4 booklet
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11 Oct 2019 |