Miller, D. and Williams, D. (2008). Archaeological Evaluation at the Former Churchfields High School, Church Vale, West Bromwich. Worcester: Worcestershire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1058347. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological Evaluation at the Former Churchfields High School, Church Vale, West Bromwich
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Series:		 Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 This report describes the results of evaluation trenching on the site of the former High School near the medieval parish church at Church Vale, West Bromwich (NGR: SP 01165 92690). The project was commissioned by CgMs Consulting on behalf of David Wilson Homes (Mercia), who intend to develop the site. The site lies in an Area of Archaeological Importance, defined on the basis of previous fieldwork and documentary research. Sites and finds in the vicinity suggested a potential for Anglo-Saxon, medieval, and post-medieval deposits. Eleven trenches were excavated outside the footprints of the former school buildings. Each trench showed evidence for landscaping associated with the construction of the school in the 1950s. This evidence was supported by information from boreholes and other ground investigations. In summary, it seems that the landscaping involved varying degrees of truncation followed by deposition. Truncation was most severe across the footprints of the buildings, where all pre-modern deposits were removed. Truncation around the buildings was less severe, leaving some deposits in situ. The surviving deposits were loamy soils with no ceramic or other inclusions. Only two pre-modern features were found: a post-medieval field ditch and an undated, though probably contemporary, holloway. Taken together, the results suggest that the site has little archaeological potential. It is possible that remains of Anglo-Saxon or medieval settlement once existed and has been removed, but it is more likely that the site was agricultural land in these periods, as it certainly was by the 16th century.
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Author:		 D Miller
D Williams
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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:		 2008
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Site: Former Churchfields High School, Church Vale
County: West Midlands
District: Sandwell
Parish: WEST BROMWICH
Country: England
Grid Reference: 401165, 292690 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) HOLLOWAY (Monus)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: fieldsec1-233407
OBIB: Report Reference 1568
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Created Date:		 13 Jan 2020