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St Clare's College, Oxford |
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Oxford Archaeological Unit unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
Oxford Archaeology (OA) undertook a two trench evaluation at St Clare's College, 121 Banbury Road, Oxford. The first evaluation trench revealed that significant truncation had occurred during the early 20th century construction of the building which currently fronts on to the Banbury Road. However, a second trench to the rear of the property revealed three east-west aligned linear features which are likely to represent the remnant of a 18th century ridge and furrow field system. The ploughsoil and the fills of at least two of the furrows appeared to have been cut by narrow, rubble filled linear features which are likely to represent rudimentary field drains - possibly contemporary with the ploughsoil - which had been installed to replace the redundant furrows. A series of small late 19th-early 20th century pits of indeterminate function were seen to truncate the furrows, and almost certainly the ploughsoil. As the cartographic sources show the area around the site as enclosed fields until the late 19th century development at the northern end of the Banbury Road, it is possible that these relate to the construction of either the adjacent property to the north (constructed between 1878 and 1899), or 121 Banbury Road itself (constructed 1903). |
Author: |
Robin Bashford
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Publisher: |
Oxford Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Oxford City UAD (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2014
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St Clare's College |
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Oxfordshire |
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Oxford |
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OXFORD |
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England |
Grid Reference: 450920, 208160 (Easting, Northing)
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oxfordar1-308359 |
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Client report
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30 Apr 2020 |