Sausins, D. and Sheldon, S. (2022). Gloucester City Campus, Gloucestershire: Archaeological Evaluation. Cotswold Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1098564. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Gloucester City Campus, Gloucestershire: Archaeological Evaluation
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Series:		 Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 The evaluation fieldwork comprised the excavation of one L-shaped trench in the former service yard and seven test-pits inside the building (Trench 1). A test pit targeted on the proposed location of Core B was not excavated due to a change in the design of the proposed development, necessitating further test pits. Test Pits 4–8 were not anticipated by the WSI. Test Pits 4 and 8 were added to test the location of proposed sump pits and Test Pit 5 was focused on the position of a proposed lift pit. Test Pits 6 and 7 were excavated under watching brief conditions as part of investigations of the existing building foundations. The final excavated test pits had the following dimensions: • Trench 1 was 12m x 2.4m • TPs 2, 4, 5, 7 and 8 were 2m x 2 • TP 3 was 3.1m x 1.8m • TP 6 was 4.2m x 1.6m. Between December 2021 and January 2022, Cotswold Archaeology carried out an archaeological evaluation of land at Gloucester City Campus, St Aldates Street, Gloucester. One trench and a total of seven test pits were excavated. Evidence for the early Roman occupation of Gloucester was recorded, with a possible buried soil and alluvial deposits identified, dating to the late 1st to 2nd century AD. A 2nd century AD Roman wall footing, post-dating the alluvial deposits, was also recorded. A cobbled Roman road surface, dating to between the 2nd and 4th centuries AD, was identified, and corresponds with the location of East-West Street previously identified during the 1958-1959 Bon Marche excavations. At least nine brick-built burial crypts associated with the now-demolished post-medieval St Aldates Church were identified within a service yard area. At least one crypt still contained human remains, with brick-built pillar bases also recorded. A charnel soil predating the crypts and containing human remains was also identified. An undated ditch and pit were also recorded, along with evidence that the western area of the site had been subjected to large scale truncation, exposing the natural substrate, during the construction of the current basement.
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Author:		 D Sausins
Steve Sheldon
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Publisher:		 Cotswold Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2022
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County: Gloucestershire
District: Gloucester
Country: England
Parish: Gloucester, unparished area
Grid Reference: 383306, 218603 (Easting, Northing)
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EVALUATION (Event)
BURIED SOIL HORIZON (Monument Type England)
ROMAN BURIED SOIL HORIZON (Tag)
WALL (Monument Type England)
ROMAN WALL (Tag)
CRYPT (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL CRYPT (Tag)
PIT (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN PIT (Tag)
DITCH (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN DITCH (Tag)
COBBLED ROAD (Monument Type England)
ROMAN COBBLED ROAD (Tag)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: cotswold2-507861
Report id: CR0920_1
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Created Date:		 09 Aug 2022