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Title:

Phase 2, North Oxford Triangle East, Oxfordshire: Archaeological Evaluation

Series:

Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5284/1112459

Publication Type:

Report (in Series)

Abstract:

The evaluation fieldwork comprised the excavation of 53 trenches. Trenches 1–51 measured 50m in length and 1.9m in width, whereas Trench 2 was spilt into two (becoming Trenches 2 and 53), which measured 24m in length and 40m in length respectively, to avoid overhead powerlines. The trenches were located to test geophysical anomalies and to provide a4.2. representative sample of the remainder of the site. Trenches 1, 3, 4, 8 and 14 were moved slightly from their original locations, as set out in the WSI, due to the presence of overhead cables, In April and May 2021, Cotswold Archaeology carried out an archaeological evaluation of land at Phase 2, North Oxford Triangle East, Oxfordshire. A total of 53 trenches were excavated; some of which were targeted on anomalies identified by a preceding geophysical survey. The evaluation identified a small number of archaeological features, comprising ditches and gullies, within trenches excavated in the northern and western parts of the development area. The majority of these features remained undated. A single worked flint flake of broad prehistoric date was recovered from the subsoil within a trench excavated in the central-eastern part of the site. A single sherd of pottery of broad Romano-British date was recovered from a gully, identified in the north-western part of the site. Two further, albeit undated, gullies were identified in nearby trenches and may be broadly contemporary. The function of these gullies remains unclear, although they are considered most likely to be associated with small-scale agricultural activity. Two further sherds of pottery and a fragment of Ceramic Building Material of broad Romano-British date were recovered from topsoil and subsoil deposits within trenches excavated in the north-western and central-eastern parts of the site. Four fragments of horseshoe of medieval/post-medieval date were recovered from a possible fluvial feature, identified in a number of trenches excavated in the north-western half of the site. The location and alignment of this feature broadly correlate with a linear anomaly depicted by the preceding geophysical survey which also corresponds to a field boundary depicted on the 1879 First Edition OS map. A number of ditches, also identified in trenches excavated in this part of the site, also appear to correspond to the broad location/orientation of this field boundary and they may therefore represent the later re-use, remodelling or extension of this boundary. Evidence of medieval and/or post-medieval agricultural practice, comprising the ploughed- out remains of ridge-and-furrow cultivation, was identified in the south-eastern parts of the site.

Author:

M Brett

Publisher:

Cotswold Archaeology

Other Person/Org:

Oxfordshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)

Year of Publication:

2021

Locations:

Country:	England
County:	Oxfordshire
District:	Cherwell
Parish:	Gosford and Water Eaton

Grid Reference: 450374, 211561 (Easting, Northing)

Subjects / Periods:

DITCH (Monument Type England)

EVALUATION (Event)

MEDIEVAL RIDGE AND FURROW (Tag)

ROMAN GULLY (Tag)

UNCERTAIN GULLY (Tag)

UNCERTAIN DITCH (Tag)

GULLY (Monument Type England)

POST MEDIEVAL RIDGE AND FURROW (Tag)

RIDGE AND FURROW (Monument Type England)

ROMAN (Historic England Periods)

MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)

POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)

UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)

Identifiers:

OASIS Id:	cotswold2-508463
Report id:	CR0660_1

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Created Date:

15 Aug 2023