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Archaeological watching brief and evaluation of land north of St Martin's Gate, Worcester |
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Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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| Abstract: |
An archaeological watching brief and evaluation were undertaken by Worcestershire Archaeology in January 2020 at St Martin's Gate, Worcester. The watching brief was undertaken on the demolition of brick industrial buildings which stood on the site prior to works, including their foundations and the excavation of test pits. The evaluation stage comprised four trenches across the site and built on the information gained from a single trench which was dug in 2015 in which stratified medieval and post medieval deposits were recorded. In the 19th and 20th Centuries the site was part of an industrial suburb principally focused on the production of porcelain and vinegar. The watching brief recorded the demolition of a number of brick-built buildings identified in a building record as acidifying sheds, a filtering shed, stables and an inflill block/passage. Undisturbed natural strata was only reached by machine-dug sondages or via augering. A thick band of alluvium lay over the natural ground, which could be broadly divided into three layers. A paleochannel or possible ditch was observed at the bottom of this sequence, and was itself filled by clean sterile alluvium. This was sealed by a gleyed medieval soil layer dating to 12th-14th century. A large ditch that may relate to the city defences during the Civil War was observed in Trench 2; it contained pottery of mid-17th-18th century date. Elsewhere the medieval layer was cut by a number of small drainage channels, running roughly north to south. These were backfilled in the 17th-18th century. A red sandstone and brick wall was revealed in Trench 2, which correlates well with a building on Young's 1779 map of Worcester, and around which were recovered a number of animal bones indicative of tanning. By the nineteenth century most of the area had dried out and was under agricultural use. A remnant of an early 19th century terrace was revealed in the form of a heavily truncated brick yard surface. |
| Author: |
P Lovett
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| Publisher: |
Worcestershire Archaeology
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| Year of Publication: |
2020
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| Locations: |
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Worcester, unparished area |
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England |
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Worcester |
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Worcestershire |
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Grid Reference: 385303, 254999 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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UNCERTAIN
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PALAEOCHANNEL
(Monument Type England)
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UNCERTAIN PALAEOCHANNEL
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WALL
(Monument Type England)
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POST MEDIEVAL WALL
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TEST PIT
(Event)
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CERAMIC
(Object England)
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POST MEDIEVAL CERAMIC
(Tag)
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TRIAL TRENCH
(Event)
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CERAMIC
(Object England)
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MEDIEVAL CERAMIC
(Tag)
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CERAMIC
(Object England)
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ROMAN CERAMIC
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CERAMIC
(Object England)
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20TH CENTURY CERAMIC
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DITCH
(Monument Type England)
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POST MEDIEVAL DITCH
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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20TH CENTURY
(Historic England Periods)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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fieldsec1-384057 |
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WA report number: 2788 |
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This report was uploaded to the OASIS system by the named Publisher. The report has been transferred into the ADS Library for public access and to facilitate future research.
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| Created Date: |
19 May 2022 |
