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ARCHAEOLOGICAL WATCHING BRIEF AT CHURCH OF ST. PETER & ST. PAUL, BLOCKLEY, MORETON-IN-MARSH GL56 9ES |
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Six test pits were excavated to determine the underlying ground conditions for the proposed reordering of the church. Test pits 1, 2, 3 and 4 were to establish the feasibility of proposed below ground drainage for the new servery and WC. Test pits 5 and 6 were to establish the depths of foundations for the proposed floor recessed heat emitters. The test pits were excavated by hand to depths ranging from 340mm to 700mm. Where archaeological horizons were encountered they were cleaned by hand and excavated appropriately. Standard John Moore Heritage Services techniques were employed throughout, involving the completion of a written record for each deposit encountered, with scale plans and section drawings compiled where appropriate. A photographic record was also produced. The resultant spoil from the works was visually scanned, especially for finds. The earliest deposit encountered abutting the north wall 1 both internal and external of the church, was a possible late medieval deposit (5). The northern wall of the church was added in the 14th century and it is possible that deposit (5) is a backfill of the walls construction, which could explain the large qualities of disarticulated bones and pottery that were discovered. Overlying possible late medieval deposit (5) appeared to be another construction layer (4), which was observed in most areas of the church; abutting the north wall 1, the north aisle and adjacent to the south wall 12, as well as appearing very similar to deposit (10), located underneath the raised wooden area. Construction deposit (4) and (10) both produced bone fragments though these could not be dated. From Test Pit 6 within construction deposit (4) three bricks were observed and have been tentatively dated to the 19th century. The lowest deposit identified within the vestry/ servery area was deposit (15), which appears to be another type of backfill. Though at a similar depth to possible late medieval deposit (5) the two deposits appeared very different both in material composition and colour. The area of where the current vestry/ servery is located within the south western corner of the church, which was constructed within the 12th century. Though an assortment of disarticulated bone was observed including an animal tooth it cannot be directly dated to this period. Along the western wall of the church from the south until the arcade is a raised wooden platform that rises 200mm above the flagstone floor (6). This wooden platform rises above backfill deposits (10) and (15). The organ was moved to its current position in the 1920s, which it situated upon the raised wooden area. Though a layer of plastic sheeting (8) was only seen in Test Pit 1, the concrete layer that overlies it appears across much of the church abutting the north wall 1, the north aisle and adjacent to the south wall 12. Suggesting that the current flagstones (6) of the church were mostly re-laid within the last century. |
| Author: |
A Skillen-Thompson
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| Publisher: |
John Moore Heritage Services
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| Year of Publication: |
2023
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Gloucestershire |
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Blockley |
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England |
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Cotswold |
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Grid Reference: 416459, 234921 (Easting, Northing)
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johnmoor1-516775 |
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4895 |
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| Created Date: |
23 Feb 2024 |
