Hart, J. (2017). EVALUATION at Fire Service College, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire:. Cotswold Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1101337. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 EVALUATION at Fire Service College, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire:
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Series:		 Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 The fieldwork followed the methodology set out within the WSIs (CA 2011 and 2014). Archaeological excavation was undertaken within targeted areas within the Fire Service College in September to October 2011 and April to May 2014 (Fig. 2). The excavation areas were set out on OS National Grid (NGR) co-ordinates using Leica GPS and surveyed in accordance with CA Technical Manual 4: Survey Manual. The excavation areas were scanned for live services by trained CA staff using CAT and Genny equipment in accordance with the CA Safe System of Work for avoiding underground services. Fieldwork commenced with the removal of topsoil and subsoil from the excavation area by mechanical excavator with a toothless grading bucket, under archaeological supervision. The archaeological features thus exposed were hand-excavated to the bottom of archaeological stratigraphy. Examination of the features concentrated on recovering their plan with emphasis placed upon retrieving a stratigraphic sequence and upon obtaining details of the phasing of the site. Deposits relating to funeral/ritual activity were investigated by removing a 100% sample of the deposit from the feature. A minimum of 50% of each pit or posthole was excavated and ditches were excavated to 20% of their length, or to a sufficient extent to characterise their date and nature. All features were planned and recorded in accordance with CA Technical Manual 1: Fieldwork Recording Manual. Deposits were assessed for their environmental potential and three features considered to have potential for characterising the earlier phases of activity were sampled in accordance with CA Technical Manual 2: The Taking and Processing of Environmental and Other Samples from Archaeological Sites. All artefacts recovered from the excavation were retained in accordance with CA Technical Manual 3: Treatment of finds immediately after excavation. An archaeological excavation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology between October 2011 and May 2014 at the Fire Service College, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire. The excavation was undertaken in several stages and followed on from preceding geophysical surveys and trial trench evaluations. The earliest discovery was a Middle Palaeolithic handaxe. Although an unstratified find, this suggests Neanderthal hunter-gatherer activity in the area. Six additional flints were recovered, of which one was closely dateable to the Late Neolithic. The earliest cut features were radiocarbon-dated to the mid 2nd millennium cal. BC (the Middle Bronze Age) and included at least one cremation grave, a possible pond or barrow, troughs with fire-cracked stones and numerous small pits. The site lies to the south-east of Middle Bronze Age roundhouse settlements found at Blenheim Farm and Todenham Road. Later remains comprised elements of the Roman and post-medieval agricultural landscape, a building shown on the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map and structures relating to the site’s use as an RAF airfield.
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Author:		 Jonathan Hart
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Publisher:		 Cotswold Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2017
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Country: England
Grid Reference: 42141, 23278 (Easting, Northing)
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EVALUATION (Event)
PIT (Monument Type England)
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE PIT (Tag)
BUILDING (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL BUILDING (Tag)
FLAKED AXEHEAD (Object England)
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC FLAKED AXEHEAD (Tag)
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
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Created Date:		 09 Jan 2023