Lovett, P. (2020). Archaeological evaluation at the City Learning Quarter, Bilston Street, Wolverhampton. Worcester: Worcestershire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1082042. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological evaluation at the City Learning Quarter, Bilston Street, Wolverhampton
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Series:		 Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Worcestershire Archaeology (WA) in November 2019 at the proposed City Learning Quarter, Bilston Street, Wolverhampton (NGR SO 9168 9840). This comprised four evaluation trenches. The project was commissioned by Turner and Townsend on behalf of City of Wolverhampton Council, in advance of a proposed redevelopment of the site. A planning application has been submitted to City of Wolverhampton Council. The evaluation comprised four trenches (originally there were six trenches proposed. This was altered late into the project and so the original numbering was maintained), targeting the projected location of a moat surrounding the Old Hall, an Elizabethan house, and areas immediately beyond it. Trenches 1 and 5 contained no archaeological deposits, either due to modern truncation or an absence of past activity. Trenches 3 and 4 demonstrated good survival of archaeological deposits. Trench 3 contained the lower foundations of the curtain wall and corner tower that lay on the inside of the moat, as well as the moat itself. There was also good preservation of walls and floor surfaces relating to the mid-19th century St Georges School. In Trench 4, the archaeology lay directly beneath the thin tarmac surface of the modern carpark. A 20th century brick yard surface sealed earlier wall foundations, which in turn truncated a brick-built flue and tanks, associated with the Japanning works that operated on the site until the late 19th century. The moat was not located directly in this trench, but the deep foundations of a later construction hint at its location. The archaeology present has the potential to answer a number of research questions and as such is considered to be of regional significance.
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Author:		 P Lovett
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Publisher:		 Worcestershire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Black Country SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2020
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Site: City Learning Quarter, Bilson Street
County: West Midlands
District: Wolverhampton
Parish: WOLVERHAMPTON
Country: England
Grid Reference: 391680, 298400 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CURTAIN WALL (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) ELIZABETHAN HOUSE (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) FLOOR SURFACE (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) MOAT (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) TOWER (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) WALL (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: fieldsec1-376824
OBIB: WA report number: 2774
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Created Date:		 22 Oct 2020