Boughton, S. (2019). Mineral Water Hospital, Upper Borough Walls, Bath. Cotswold Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1101321. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Mineral Water Hospital, Upper Borough Walls, Bath
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Series:		 Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 The fieldwork comprised the excavation of a single trench measuring 14m in length and 6m in width. The trench was excavated by mechanical excavator equipped with a toothless grading bucket. All machine excavation was undertaken under constant archaeological supervision. It was initially halted at the top of deposited dated to the 16th to 18th century and subsequently only used to remove bulk deposits following initial hand excavation. Where archaeological deposits were encountered they were excavated by hand. An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in July and August 2019 at the Mineral Water Hospital, Upper Borough Walls, Bath, BANES. One trench was excavated. The earliest activity encountered during the evaluation comprised a layer containing pottery dated to the 12th and 13th centuries, which was cut by one medieval rubbish pit. Post-medieval garden soils, pathways and make-up deposits, associated with the site’s use at this time as the open courtyard and garden of the vicarage of SS Peter and Paul, were also identified. These deposits were truncated by the construction cuts for later structures; including stone drains, walls and post pads, possibly related to residential garden walls and open-sided sheds recorded within the then hospital grounds. No Roman deposits or features were observed during the evaluation. The depth of the trench was limited to 3.18m below present ground level due to health and safety constraints. It is possible that any surviving Roman deposits lay just below the base of the trench or more likely, based on the results of other archaeological work in the vicinity, that they have been truncated by later activity.
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Author:		 S Boughton
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Publisher:		 Cotswold Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2019
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Parish: Bath and North East Somerset, unparished area
County: Somerset
Country: England
District: Bath and North East Somerset
Grid Reference: 374948, 164842 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: cotswold2-509148
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Created Date:		 09 Jan 2023