Goad, J. (2004). Archaeological Excavation at Bournbrook, Selly Oak, Birmingham . Worcester: Worcestershire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1076920. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological Excavation at Bournbrook, Selly Oak, Birmingham
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Series:		 Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 An archaeological excavation was undertaken at Bourn Brook, Selly Oak, Birmingham (NGR SP 0408 8316). It was undertaken on behalf of Arthur Amos Associates as agents to Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd. The client intends to site a floodwater storage area adjacent to the Bourn Brook as part of a supermarket development of the area, for which a planning application has been submitted (reference number S/04932/00/OUT). The excavation followed an evaluation and earthwork survey in 2001 that identified former courses of the Bourn Brook as well as an additional watercourse south of the Brook which served fish ponds and a watermill on the east side of the Worcester to Birmingham Canal. The excavation aimed to determine the sequence of deposition over the area of the Bourn Brook floodplain. The excavation was also carried out to locate, excavate and record any archaeological features or structures and retrieve palaeoenvironmental evidence from within the depositional sequence. The excavation succeeded in identifying a former course of the Bourn Brook, as well as phases of a previously detected watercourse (leat) to the south of it. A sequence of alluvial deposition was recorded across the floodplain, as well as occasional archaeological features such as pits containing dumped industrial waste from the postmedieval and modern periods. Radiocarbon dating was used to determine the dating of the relict watercourses detected across the floodplain during the excavation. Deposits in both channels were dated to the late medieval period (15th and 16th centuries), indicating possible late medieval origins for the leat as well as the for the fishponds and the Bourn Brook Mills that it served. Page
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Author:		 James Goad
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Publisher:		 Worcestershire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Birmingham City HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2004
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Site: Bourn Brook, Selly Oak
County: West Midlands
District: Birmingham
Parish: BIRMINGHAM
Country: England
Grid Reference: 404080, 283160 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CERAMIC (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) MONOLITH (Find)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POLLEN (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) LEAT (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) WATERMILL (Monument Type England)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
EXCAVATION (Event)
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OASIS Id: fieldsec1-201198
OBIB: 1253
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Created Date:		 30 Apr 2020