Short, A. (2019). The Site of Gilesgate Sports College, Gilesgate, Durham. Archaeological Assessment.. The Archaeological Practice. https://doi.org/10.5284/1076740. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 The Site of Gilesgate Sports College, Gilesgate, Durham. Archaeological Assessment.
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Series:		 The Archaeological Practice unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 This report constitutes a desk-based assessment intended to inform and accompany a planning application to re-develop a 2.5 hectare site, formerly containing Gilesgate Secondary School, later Gilesgate Sports College, located on Bradford Crescent in the northern part of the Gilesgate district, within the city of Durham. During the Middle Ages the site lay just west of a manorial or grange farm belonging to the Kepier Hospital of St Giles, labelled Caldecotes Grange, later West Grange, and High Grange. The vill of Caldecotes formed part of Bishop Flambard's endowment of the Hopsital in 1112, and it is likely that any settlement associated with the township was located in the vicinity of the grange site. The assessment site thus most probably lay within the arable lands attached to the medieval grange, beyond the north-east limit of the built-up area of medieval Durham. These open plough fields were divided up and enclosed, perhaps during the 17th century, and thereafter the site continued to be used as farmland until the construction of housing estates and associated schools during the 1960s. One other feature worthy of note is the remains of Kepier Lane, an ancient trackway, shown on historic maps from the early 19th century onwards and perhaps of medieval origin, which ran along the southern edge of the assessment site leading from Sunderland Road to Kepier. In view of the potential for archaeological remains to be present, it is recommended that a programme of evaluation comprising geophysical survey to be undertaken in the first instance, with the need, extent and location of any further evaluation to be determined on the basis of the survey results.
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Author:		 A Short
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Publisher:		 The Archaeological Practice
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Other Person/Org:		 Durham County HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2019
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County: Durham
Site: Gilesgate Sports College
District: County Durham
Parish: BELMONT
Country: England
Grid Reference: 429022, 543331 (Easting, Northing)
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DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH (Event)
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DESK BASED ASSESSMENT (Event)
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Created Date:		 30 Apr 2020