Streatfeild-James, J. (2016). Land at Bicester Gateway, Bicester Oxfordshire: Archaeological Evaluation. Cirencester: Cotswold Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1058019. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land at Bicester Gateway, Bicester Oxfordshire: Archaeological Evaluation
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Series:		 Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 In September 2016, Cotswold Archaeology (CA) carried out an archaeological evaluation of land at Bicester Gateway, Bicester, Oxfordshire. The fieldwork was undertaken to inform a forthcoming planning application for the commercial development of the site. The fieldwork comprised the excavation of twenty one trenches. The evaluation identified a concentration of archaeological remains within the southern part of the site. The archaeological remains dated to the Roman period, spanning the 1st to 4th centuries AD, with activity concentrated in the 2nd to 4th centuries AD. An isolated and undated ditch was recorded within the central part of the site and a Roman pit was also recorded within the northern part of the site. The earliest features encountered comprised two ditches containing pottery dating to the 1st to 2nd centuries AD. Overlying these early ditches was a substantial deposit of made-ground identified across approximately one hectare of land at the southern end of the site. This would have raised the local ground level above the seasonal floodplain of the River Ray and the evaluation results suggest that this allowed for the construction of a new road surface during the to the middle second century AD. No definitive structural evidence was identified, however, floor surfaces were recorded along with a possible cereal drying oven/kiln, which appear to indicate small scale roadside settlement during the late 2nd to 3rd-centuries AD. In addition the evaluation also recorded an undated ditch which followed the alignment of the ridge and furrow ploughing identified by the geophysical survey.
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Author:		 Jake Streatfeild-James ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 Cotswold Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Oxfordshire SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2016
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Site: Land at Bicester Gateway
District: Cherwell
County: Oxfordshire
Parish: CHESTERTON
Country: England
Grid Reference: 457310, 221140 (Easting, Northing)
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ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
CEREAL DRYING KILN (Monus)
SHERD (Object England)
DRYING KILN (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: cotswold2-283321
OBIB: 16560
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Created Date:		 13 Jan 2020