Greenlane Archaeology Ltd. (2019). The Gatehouse, Calder Bridge, Seascale, Cumbria: Archaeological Watching Brief. Ulverston: Greenlane Archaeology Ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1109140. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 The Gatehouse, Calder Bridge, Seascale, Cumbria: Archaeological Watching Brief
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Series:		 Greenlane Archaeology Ltd unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 An archaeological watching brief was carried out during groundworks associated with renovations to the former gatehouse, Calder Bridge. The gatehouse was part of Calder Abbey, which was established in 1134 as a daughter house of Furness Abbey, reaching its peak in the 13th and 14th centuries. It closed as part of the Dissolution in 1535 and passed into private hands, with the Irwin family carrying out many alterations during the late 18th and 19th century. The groundworks comprised hand excavation of nine pits, each typically 0.7m square and 0.7m deep. The initial layer of cobbles in each pit was bedded on soft orange sand, below which was typically a sequence of dumped stony deposits and earlier cobbled surfaces, all of which probably represent former floor surfaces or material dumped after phases of alteration within the building. The majority of these deposits are probably post-medieval, although dating evidence was limited. No definite floor surfaces of medieval date were encountered, but a hole cut in the masonry of the south wall was revealed in one of the trenches, which might indicate that the floor was originally timber and raised off the ground. One of the most significant discoveries were numerous fragments of roofing slate of a type not local to the area and most like material from the Highland Boundary quarries in central Scotland. The slate is likely to have been imported through a connection that Calder had in the area.
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Author:		 Greenlane Archaeology Ltd
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Publisher:		 Greenlane Archaeology Ltd
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Year of Publication:		 2019
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District: Copeland
County: Cumbria
Country: England
Parish: Ponsonby
Grid Reference: 304958, 506394 (Easting, Northing)
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ABBEY (Monument Type England)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
GATEHOUSE (Monument Type England)
ROOF SLATE (Object England)
MEDIEVAL ABBEY (Tag)
UNCERTAIN ROOF SLATE (Tag)
MEDIEVAL GATEHOUSE (Tag)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: greenlan1-363951
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Created Date:		 07 Jul 2023