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A Desk-based Assessment at Land West of Barnfold Farm, Loxwood Road, Loxwood, West Sussex |
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Chris Butler Archaeological Services unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An archaeological Desk-based Assessment has been carried out at Land West of Barnfold Farm, Loxwood Road, Loxwood, West Sussex in order to establish the likely presence and importance of any archaeological remains that may be affected by a proposed compound for an oil well. The assessment has established that the Application Site has a moderate to high potential for containing Roman, medieval and Post Medieval remains. A farmstead stood close to the Application Site in the Roman period. In the succeeding Saxon period, place name evidence implies the nearby presence of a livestock pen or enclosure. This 'fold' may be associated with a possible droveway that runs partly through but mostly directly past the Application Site. Having perhaps been grazed during the Saxon period, the Application Site may have been farmed and / or managed for wood products in the medieval period, when the droveway possibly became the access track of a farm sited to the east. In the 16th century, the farm track is likely to have led to a glasshouse that operated to the north of the Application Site. The use of the Application Site in the Post Medieval period may have been similar to that in the medieval period. By 1842, the Application Site was open farmland with no woodland. The Application Site contains earthwork features that may be interpreted as field lynchets / wood banks indicative of its former uses. Their presence may suggest that any below ground archaeological remains have survived well within the Application Site |
Author: |
C Russel
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Publisher: |
Chris Butler Archaeological Services
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
West Sussex SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2013
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Land West of Barnfold Farm |
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West Sussex |
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Chichester |
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LOXWOOD |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 504821, 131784 (Easting, Northing)
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chrisbut1-399180 |
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CBAS0359 |
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A4, 42 Pages: 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Objectives and Scope of Report 3.0 Methodology 4.0 Archaeological and Historical Background 5.0 Impact of Development 6.0 Conclusion 7.0 Acknowledgements
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22 Oct 2020 |