Wheeler, J. (2020). Archaeological evaluation at Mill Lane, Feckenham, Worcestershire. Worcester: Worcestershire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1089053. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological evaluation at Mill Lane, Feckenham, Worcestershire
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Series:		 Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 An archaeological trench evaluation at Mill Lane, Feckenham, Worcestershire. The archaeological advisor to the local planning authority considered that the proposed development has the potential to impact upon specific heritage assets, being the Scheduled Earthwork of Feckenham Court House, a medieval moated manor house site (Historic England National Heritage List Entry 1018361). The evaluation has demonstrated the survival of the moat associated with the manor site under the cultivation soils on the site. Whilst the full depth and profile of the moat was not achieved, a machine dug sondage allied with augering indicate that it exceeds 2m in depth and was intentionally backfilled in the late 17th to 18th centuries following a period of abandonment. This correlates with the records of deforestation and the decline of the local area during the 17th century, and the later use of the site as a tobacco plantation. The artefactual evidence was provided by four stratified fills of the moat and was represented largely by post-medieval black glazed wares with a high average weight, suggesting that they had not lain on the ground surface for any length of time before deposition in the moat. The majority of pottery finds were associated with the upper fills of the moat, whereas the lower fills, which were broadly contemporary, contained an abundance of brick fragments, suggesting that they may relate to the disuse or demolition of the manor. This presents a picture of relatively rapid demolition, discard and backfill of the moat. It was not possible to investigate the base of the moat within the constraints of this evaluation, however the potential for in-situ and waterlogged remains is considered to be high. None of the finds identified during this investigation related to the Anglo Saxon or earlier medieval activity associated with the manor, which may also exist in basal deposits.
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Author:		 J Wheeler
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Publisher:		 Worcestershire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Worcestershire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2020
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Site: Land at Mill Lane
County: Worcestershire
District: Redditch
Parish: FECKENHAM
Country: England
Grid Reference: 400752, 261563 (Easting, Northing)
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TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) GLASS (Find)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) MANOR HOUSE (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) MOAT (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: fieldsec1-404983
OBIB: Report number 2855
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Created Date:		 29 Oct 2021