Delaney, L. (2021). Trial Trench Excavation. Breinton House, Breinton, Herefordshire. 2018. Hereford: Herefordshire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1105859. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Trial Trench Excavation. Breinton House, Breinton, Herefordshire. 2018
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Series:		 Herefordshire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Herefordshire Archaeology undertook a trial trench evaluation between September and November 2018 to investigate a possible defensive ditch, which encircles Breinton Camp, an enigmatic ringwork located southwest of St Michael's Church, Breinton on the northern banks of the River Wye, near Hereford. This feature, which runs under the Norman Church, was discovered through lidar survey and is a possible indication of fortified origins of Breinton Camp, of which the central tump had been used for a house for the Dean and Chaplain of the Hereford Cathedral in c.1150. The evaluation consisted of a single trench, which identified a bank and ditch feature. The bank consisted of layers of turf stacked to form the earthwork packed around a solid clay core. The ditch contained several river cobbles, which may have originally formed a stone facing of the bank. Deposited at the base of the ditch, within the primary fill, the cobbles appear to have been used to build possible corn drying ovens, identified from a significant amount of burnt ceramic building material. In the same context as these cobbles, early medieval pottery was discovered. The upper layers of the ditch were full of later period material related to the construction of Breinton House and subsequent Georgian landscaping. The results suggest the Breinton Camp predates its medieval use and may have origins as a defensive fortified site in the early medieval period.
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Author:		 L Delaney
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Publisher:		 Herefordshire Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2021
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County: Herefordshire
Country: England
Parish: Breinton
District: Herefordshire, County of
Grid Reference: 347189, 239559 (Easting, Northing)
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DEFENCE WORK (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL DEFENCE WORK (Tag)
FIELD SURVEY (Event)
CORN DRYING OVEN (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL CORN DRYING OVEN (Tag)
FORT (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL FORT (Tag)
RINGWORK (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL RINGWORK (Tag)
EXCAVATION (Event)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: hereford2-433186
OBIB: HAR 396
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Created Date:		 31 Mar 2023