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An Archaeological Watching Brief at The Onion Patch, Kennington Road, Kennington, Oxfordshire |
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John Moore Heritage Services unpublished report series
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The development was split into two distinct phases of work.. The first phase involved work associated with the cottage, The Onion Patch, which fronts Kennington Road. This involved the construction of two extensions to the cottage, a new boundary wall between the associated garden and the access to the Barn & Byre to the north, and a new garage. The second phase will include an extension to The Studio, construction of a new garage/workshop, and the construction of two new houses at the east end of the site. This report is concerned solely with the results of the first phase of work. An archaeologist monitored the excavation of the footings for the following: the two extensions to The Onion Patch, the new boundary wall to the north of The Onion Patch, the new garage for The Onion Patch, and a pit for the new staircase within the cottage. At least two distinct phases of pit are present on the site. The first phase includes pits 09, 07 and 06 of which the last two are dated to the Saxo-Norman period. Pit 09 is earlier than pit 07 and can be included in this general broad date range. The filling type of all three pits – alternate layers of sand and other material – suggests their function was as cesspits. However their position so close to the road would be unusual unless the road alignment has changed, or that cottages set within very small plots occupied the corner of Kennington Road and Cow Lane. No evidence for buildings of this date was seen on the site. It is possible that an earlier cottage occupied the area of The Onion Patch but the present building may have destroyed all evidence for this, although only a relatively small area under the floor was investigated. The second phase of pits is undated. These are much larger than those of the first phase and are considered to be caused by digging for sand. The sand is of exceptional quality and would have been used in making mortar amongst other uses. The present cottage (The Onion Patch) post-dates the pit digging for sand. Further removal of sand took place after the construction of the cottage. This took place on the south side of the cottage and was probably for the access from Cow Lane and an outbuilding on the south side of the cottage. Pit 05, lying immediately outside the north west corner of the cottage, may belong to the second phase of pits or may be contemporary with the cottage. This pit contained a bottle of 18/19th century date, which is of the same date range as pottery seen in the garden topsoil (01). Wall 04 is later than this pit and presumably relates to the cottage and the front garden. The build up of the front garden (08) may have been in response to successive resurfacing of Kennington Road raising the street and pavement levels. At one time the entrance into the property to the north (Barn and Byre) was cobbled. |
| Author: |
J Moore
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| Publisher: |
John Moore Heritage Services
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| Year of Publication: |
2003
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Vale of White Horse |
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England |
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Kennington |
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Oxfordshire |
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Grid Reference: 452339, 202299 (Easting, Northing)
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johnmoor1-308206 |
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1352 |
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| Created Date: |
23 Feb 2024 |
