Weaver, R. (2019). Land Off Cheltenham Road, Evesham, Worcestershire; An Archaeological Strip, Map and Sample Assessment Report. Brockley: Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited. https://doi.org/10.5284/1075476. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land Off Cheltenham Road, Evesham, Worcestershire; An Archaeological Strip, Map and Sample Assessment Report
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Series:		 Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd (London) unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 Excavation and recording was undertaken within two separate areas; these areas (A and B) revealed elements of a Romano-British rural landscape, comprising a system of field boundaries and possible stock droveways, which lay on the periphery of a nearby settlement described by earlier investigations (EDP 2015). Evidence from Area A demonstrated that the significant ditch features here were regularly maintained during the period, and it seems likely that the spaces in between the enclosed areas would have been practicable for driving stock from field-to-field. This sequence of intersecting field boundaries also demonstrated that the postulated droveways were twice re-oriented between east-west and north-south aligned spaces during the lifetime of the site. Area B added to this distinctive system of north-south and east-west field boundaries and droves and, additionally, revealed an earlier system of Iron Age gullies on a different alignment that represents a quite dissimilar organization of space within the pre-Conquest rural landscape. Environmental analysis showed species common to wet ground and standing water (both areas) and open ground (Area B) rather than cultivars in the Romano-British period. This evidence, combined with the presence of bones of cattle and sheep or goat, supports the interpretation of a predominantly pastoral landscape of livestock management ditches and fields here during the Romano-British period. Medieval dated plough furrows were also recorded and are evidence of a much later field system in use on the site. The results are of local interest.
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Author:		 Robin Weaver ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited
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Other Person/Org:		 Worcestershire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2019
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Site: Land off Cheltenham Road
District: Wychavon
Parish: EVESHAM
County: Worcestershire
Country: England
Grid Reference: 403210, 241780 (Easting, Northing)
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ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
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EXCAVATION (Event)
DROVE ROAD (Monument Type England)
FIELD SYSTEM (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: preconst1-347122
OBIB: R13631
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Created Date:		 16 Apr 2020