Bashford, R. (2014). Exeter College, Ruskin Building, Walton Street, Oxford. Oxford: Oxford Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1089543. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Exeter College, Ruskin Building, Walton Street, Oxford
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Series:		 Oxford Archaeological Unit unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 Between April 2014 and February 2015, Oxford Archaeology (OA) undertook an archaeological watching brief at The Ruskin Building, Exeter College, Walton Street, Oxford (SP 509 066). The watching brief revealed the banded gravel and clay deposits which are characteristic of the natural geology on the periphery of the second (Summertown-Radley) gravel terrace upon which Oxford is located. The majority of the site had been subject to heavy truncation, both from the original construction of the Ruskin College building in 1912, and from subsequent redevelopment of the site in the 1930s, 1960s and 1980s. However, this truncation was less severe in two areas of the site to the rear of the buildings fronting Walton Street and Worcester Place. The watching brief on these two areas revealed a c 4.5m wide roughly east-west aligned ditch which almost certainly corresponds with a section of the 17th century Civil War defences depicted by Bernard de Gomme on his contemporary map of the fortifications around the city. The lower fills of the ditch were waterlogged and contained organic inclusions which were indicative of fluvial deposition of sediment in the base of the ditch. The remaining deposits encountered reflect the use of this site as a timber yard in the 19th century until the construction of Ruskin College in the early 20th century.
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Author:		 Robin Bashford ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 Oxford Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Oxford City UAD (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2014
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District: Oxford
Site: Exeter College, Ruskin Building, Walton Street
Parish: OXFORD
County: Oxfordshire
Country: England
Grid Reference: 450900, 206600 (Easting, Northing)
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WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)
ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
CBM (Find)
BURNT UNWORKED FLINT (Find)
DITCH (Monument Type England)
SHERD (Object England)
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OASIS Id: oxfordar1-313408
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Note:		 A4 Client report
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Created Date:		 29 Oct 2021