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Archaeological excavation at Cider Mill Lane, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire |
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Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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An archaeological excavation was undertaken at Cider Mill Lane, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire (SP 15470 39525). It was commissioned by CgMs Consulting Ltd on behalf of Duchy Homes, in advance of residential development. Planning permission has been granted by Cotswold District Council subject to the programme of archaeological works. The site is located on the northern edge of the historic core of the town and an area excavation was opened. Prehistoric, Roman and late Saxon finds were recovered, but the earliest features were datable to the Saxo-Norman period. These comprised largely a number of pits and a hearth, and some of the pits were interpreted as quarrying. Dating allowed for this activity to be around the period when the town and its market were set up on an official footing in the later 12th century, and main urban focus shifted to the west with the laying out of extensive burgage plots and presumably new domestic premises. This would have stimulated an increase in demand for building materials such as stone, and, therefore, the exploitation of any handy local stone resources. No further activity was identified on the site until the post-medieval period when small agricultural features appeared. This suggests that following the 13th century this area of the town very quickly became peripheral. Subsequently there was little intrusion into the early medieval deposits, though the top was eventually truncated, most probably in the 20th century, and so the earlier medieval remains were relatively well preserved when encountered in the current excavation. |
Author: |
P Lovett
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Publisher: |
Worcestershire Archaeology
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Please note: this record has been validated by-proxy by Historic England.
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Year of Publication: |
2019
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Cider Mill Lane |
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Gloucestershire |
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Cotswold |
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CHIPPING CAMPDEN |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 415470, 239525 (Easting, Northing)
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fieldsec1-355927 |
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WA report number 2705 |
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12 Jun 2020 |