199-207 Henley Road Caversham Berkshire

Archaeological Evaluation

for RPS Consulting Services

CA Project: AN0118 CA Report: AN0118_1

May 2020

199-207 Henley Road Caversham Berkshire

Archaeological Evaluation

CA Project: AN0118 CA Report: AN0118_1

Document Control Grid Revision Date Author Checked by Status Reasons for Approved revision by A 22/5/20 AH Oliver Good Internal General Edit Richard review Greatorex

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CONTENTS SUMMARY ...... 3

1. INTRODUCTION ...... 1

2. ARCHAEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND ...... 2

3. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ...... 6

4. METHODOLOGY ...... 7

5. RESULTS ...... 8

6. THE FINDS ...... 9

7. DISCUSSION ...... 9

8. CA PROJECT TEAM ...... 9

9. REFERENCES...... 10

APPENDIX A: CONTEXT DESCRIPTIONS ...... 11

APPENDIX B: THE FINDS ...... 13

APPENDIX C: OASIS REPORT FORM ...... 14

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Figure 1 Site location plan (1:25,000)

Figure 2 Trench location plan (1:500)

Figure 3 Trench photographs

Figure 4 Trench section photographs

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SUMMARY

Project name: 199-207 Henley Road

Location: Caversham, Berkshire

NGR: 473017 175198

Type: Evaluation

Date: 4-6 May 2020

Planning reference: 180418

Location of Archive: To be deposited with Reading Museum and the Archaeology Data Service (ADS)

Site Code: HNLY20

In May 2020, Cotswold Archaeology carried out an archaeological evaluation at 199-207 Henley Road, Caversham, Berkshire. A total of 7 trenches were excavated.

No archaeological features, deposits or finds were observed within any of the trenches.

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1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. In May 2020, Cotswold Archaeology (CA) carried out an archaeological evaluation (of land) at 199-207 Henley Road, Caversham, Berkshire (centred at NGR: 473017 175198; Fig. 1). This evaluation was undertaken for RPS Consulting Services Limited.

1.2. The evaluation results will inform a planning application for residential development on the site, which has been made to Reading Borough Council (ref: 180418).

1.3. The scope of this evaluation was defined by Roland Smith (Berkshire County Archaeologist), the archaeological advisor to RBC. The evaluation was carried out in accordance with a Written Scheme of Investigation (WSI) prepared by CA (2019) and approved by Roland Smith.

1.4. The evaluation was also undertaken in line with Standard and guidance for archaeological field evaluation (CIfA 2014), Management of Research Projects in the Historic Environment (MoRPHE) PPN 3: Archaeological Excavation (Historic England 2015) and Management of Research Projects in the Historic Environment: The MoRPHE Project Managers' Guide (Historic England 2015).

The site 1.5. The proposed development area is approximately 1.08ha and comprises the brownfield site of 199-203 Henley Road residential buildings and their associated garden space with part of the garden space from residential properties 205-207 included in the site area. It is bounded by Henley Road to the north and Berry Brook to the south. To the east and west of the site are residential properties. The study site slopes from North to South from 46m above Ordnance Datum (aOD) to c. 36m (aOD).

1.6. The results of a ground investigation (Carter 2018) revealed a ground profile comprising Topsoil up to 0.40mbgl; overlying cohesive Head deposits up to 2.80mbgl; overlying undifferentiated deposits of the Seaford Chalk Formation and Newhaven Chalk Formation to the base of the borehole at 20mbgl.

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2. ARCHAEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND

2.1 The archaeological background is drawn from the CgMs (2019) desk-based assessment which focused on a 1.25km radius of the site.

Prehistoric (500,000 BC – AD43) 2.2 Palaeolithic tools are associated with an ancient channel of the Thames running northeast through the central area of Caversham parish (Wymer 1999) and a number of undated palaeo-channels have been found as close as 200m to the site.

2.3 Adjacent to the site a Lower Palaeolithic pointed an Acheulian hand axe was found. However, this has a general location reference, and therefore should be noted to be in the general area.

2.4 A Mesolithic grove was found approximately 1,100m southwest of the site.

2.5 A Neolithic knife and flakes are recorded from 22 Grosvenor Road approximately 1km northwest of the study site, and Neolithic axe fragment is recorded approximately 1km west of the site.

2.6 To the immediate west of the site, an evaluation on land rear 98-102 Lower Henley Road and 177-197 Henley Road, Caversham revealed several undiagnostic flint flakes and twelve sherds of Late Bronze Age pottery. A post-medieval pit also contained one residual sherd of grog tempered pottery of Late Iron Age/early Roman date.

2.7 Approximately 700m west of the study site, the base of an Iron Age colander pot was found to the east of Bar Close Avenue.

2.8 A Late Iron Age and early Roman pottery assemblage is recorded from Caversham Hill approximately 1.1km northwest of the site, and a further pottery assemblage is recorded from ‘Suttons Pit’ quarry on the periphery of the study area.

2.9 The study site was thought to have a low to moderate archaeological potential for the Palaeolithic Period and is considered to have a moderate potential for the later Prehistoric periods.

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Roman (AD43 – AD 410) 2.10 Roman finds have been widespread, including numerous coins and pieces of pottery. As such an assemblage of Late Roman coins (House of Constantine), is recorded from Caversham Hill approximately 1.1km northwest of the site; In 1924, approximately 400m northwest of the site, a first-century cremation group was discovered at the Henley Road cemetery, and almost entire pots recovered from nearby All Hallows Road. Approximately 400m south of the site, four sherds of Roman pottery were recovered; 750m west of the study site, Romano-British pottery was recovered from Henley Road; a Follis of Constantine I was found in the garden of a house on Briants Avenue approximately 750m southwest of the site; a large piece of Roman mosaic was found in spoil during road works at the Marina approximately 750m east of the site; a Roman open lamp tray was found in the River Thames at Reading, approximately 1km southwest of the site; a third-fourth century Roman spoon was found at South View Avenue, approximately 1km west of the site and finally, approximately 1km to the south of the site, a Roman occupation site, close to Dean’s Farm is indicated by two timber-lined wells, one containing fourth century pottery and possibly ritually deposited objects (Booth et al, 2007).

2.11 The study site was thought to have a moderate archaeological potential for the Roman period.

Saxon and Early Medieval (AD 410 - 1066) 2.12 Evidence of Saxon activity is limited in the immediate vicinity of the site, though much has been found in Reading. The place name Caversham (meaning ‘Cāfhere’s homestead or meadow’) may relate to a settlement site close to the river. A settlement was presumably well established by the Later Saxon Period, though little is known of its location (VCH 2018). The population of Caversham as a whole was long concentrated in the parish’s flatter southern part, particularly in the ‘village’ of Caversham by Caversham bridge – a major river crossing established in the Middle Ages and also at Lower Caversham to the east (ibid).

2.13 The only find dated to the Saxon and early medieval period is a heraldic early medieval bronze pendant found in 1948, approximately 900m south west of the site.

2.14 The site was thought to have a low archaeological potential for the Saxon and early medieval periods.

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Medieval (1066 - 1539) 2.15 In the medieval period, settlement was concentrated in the south of the parish, close to the main open fields and meadows. The medieval tithing name ‘Bovetoun’ (‘above the town’), applying to an area in the north of the parish, suggests the presence of a relatively concentrated main area of settlement to the south. The bridge to the southwest of the site was the likely focus for settlement by the twelfth or thirteenth century.

2.16 It is likely that in this time the study site was part of the wider agricultural land and rural landscape along the route to Oxford via Henley.

2.17 Four ditch features were revealed during a watching brief approximately 1.1km north-west of the study site. One is likely to be the remnant of a medieval field system ditch. It contained pottery dating from the mid-twelfth-thirteenth century.

2.18 The study site was thought to have a low archaeological potential for the medieval period.

Post Medieval & Modern (including map regression exercise 1540 - Present) 2.19 From the beginning of the post-medieval period until the late eighteenth century Caversham was a settlement contained around the area closest to the Bridge joining it with Reading (VCH 2018).

2.20 At the beginning of the nineteenth century the parish contained the village of Caversham with a satellite settlement at Lower Caversham, and a number of modest hamlets further north (VCH 2018).

2.21 Several roads radiate out across the parish from Caversham bridge. Of these the most important pass north-east towards Henley and north-west towards Oxford. The Henley Road (now the A4155), linking Reading to Marlow and Hatfield, was turnpiked in 1768 and included a branch crossing the Thames at Sonning. This appears on the earliest map John Rocque’s 1761 Map of Berkshire (Fig. 3). At this time the site was still part of agricultural land just south of Caversham Park.

2.22 There appear to be no defined fields south of Henley Road until the 1809 OSD. The site is still clearly some distance from settlement activity in Caversham to the west

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and Lower Caversham to the south-west. Furthermore, the Contour Survey of 1864 shows the sloped topography of the site and shows the site to be occupying part of the rural land northwest of Lower Caversham.

2.23 The First Ordnance Survey of 1879 shows no change to the site. However, a chalk pit appears to the northeast of the site.

2.24 The 1920 Map of The Caversham Estate shows the site as part of Lot 27. The description of the land is that of a “Valuable Arable Field… with a long road frontage to the Henley Road… and forming a choice building site, being suitable for division into frontages.”

2.25 Since 1911, Caversham and its hamlets have fallen within the region administered by Berkshire County Council and its successor, Reading Borough Council. Historically, the surrounding area has primarily been in use as agricultural land. A chalk pit and gravel pit are shown in close proximity to the site and are labelled as ‘old’ by the Ordnance Survey of 1913.

2.26 There are no significant changes to the study site until 1926, when the homes that currently occupy the site are first shown on a 1926 Sales Particular for Land to the North of Henley Road. The homes are labelled “Wyldmoor” occupied by T E Povey, “Brook Lodge” occupied by R. Hodges, “Woodley,” and “Wellington” occupied by I Beckett.

2.27 By the Revised Ordnance Survey of 1932, the northern area of the site is shown to be occupied by four detached residential houses with rear gardens extending southwards. The former gravel and chalk pits to the northwest were infilled and a large part of the surrounding area was developed into residential use.

2.28 The site was thought to have a low archaeological potential for the post-medieval and modern periods.

Negative Evidence 2.29 Approximately 50m south of the study site, an archaeological evaluation was undertaken on land near Henley Road, Caversham. The site evaluated comprised two separate fields, both utilised as pasture and covering a total of 5.4 hectares. The evaluation revealed a low level of archaeological activity across the site, which was

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generally consistent with other archaeological investigations in the immediate vicinity.

2.30 An archaeological evaluation at land to the rear of 88-96 Lower Henley Road approximately 100m to the west of the study site was found to have no archaeological potential after trial trenches recorded no archaeological deposits nor artefacts of archaeological interest.

2.31 Approximately 200m west of the study site, an archaeological field evaluation was carried out on land to the rear of 88-96 Lower Henley Road, Caversham. None of the trenches revealed any archaeological deposits or artefacts of archaeological interest. At least two of the trenches in the middle of the site had been extensively disturbed in modern times.

2.32 An archaeological evaluation was undertaken on land at 182 Henley Road, approximately 100m northwest of the site. The results suggested that the site had a very low potential for the presence of significant archaeological features earlier that the post-medieval Period.

2.33 Approximately 100m south of the study site, an archaeological field evaluation was carried out as the second part of a two-phase scheme of archaeological investigation. The second phase of the evaluation supported the conclusion of the first phase, that very little of archaeological significance was present on the site. Of the features found during this phase of evaluation, one is of post-medieval date and the others contained no dateable evidence.

2.34 An archaeological evaluation in 2002 at Caversham Lakes, approximately 500m to the south and 300m to the southeast and east of the study site revealed no archaeological features. None of the 23 trenches excavated revealed any deposits of archaeological interest (Coles and Anthony 2002).

3. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

3.1. The general objective of the evaluation was to provide further information on the likely archaeological resource within the site, including its presence/absence, character, extent, date and state of preservation. This information will enable Reading City Council to identify and assess the particular significance of any

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archaeological heritage assets within the site, consider the impact of the proposed development upon that significance and, if appropriate, develop strategies to avoid or minimise conflict between heritage asset conservation and the development proposals, in line with the National Planning Policy Framework (MHCLG 2019).

4. METHODOLOGY

4.1. The evaluation fieldwork comprised the excavation of seven of the proposed eight trenches (Figure 2):

 Trench 1: The northern end of the trench was moved to the east and shortened due to above ground CCTV Cables. The trench was 25m long, 1.8m wide and 0.26m deep.  Trench 2: The southern end of the trench was moved to the east to avoid above ground CCTV Cables. The trench was 29.5m long, 1.8m wide and 0.25m deep.  Trench 3: The south-west end of the trench was moved north and shortened due to extant fencing. The trench was 22.8m in length, 1.8m wide and was 0.28m deep  Trench 4: The north end of the trench was moved due to extant garden buildings. The trench was 33m long, 1.8m wide and 0.31m deep.  Trench 5: The trench was moved north to avoid a tree root protection area. The trench was 27.6m long, 1.8m wide and 0.26m deep  Trench 6: Was realigned north-south due to extant vegetation and fencing The trench was 18.7m long and 0.26m deep  Trench 7: The trench was 30.5m long and 0.26m deep  Trench 8: The trench was not excavated due to Tree Root Protection areas and heavy vegetation in the immediate vicinity.

4.2. Sondages were excavated through the brickearth within the trench footprints to investigate the underlying geology and to ascertain the depth of the brickearth.

4.3. Trenches were set out on OS National Grid co-ordinates using Leica. Overburden was stripped from the trenches by a mechanical excavator fitted with a toothless grading bucket. All machining was conducted under archaeological supervision to the top of the natural substrate.

4.4. Records were maintained in accordance with CA Technical Manual 1: Fieldwork Recording Manual.

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4.5. Deposits were assessed for their palaeo-environmental potential. No deposits were identified that required sampling.

4.6. Artefacts were processed in accordance with CA Technical Manual 3: Treatment of Finds Immediately after Excavation.

4.7. CA will make arrangements with the Reading Museum for the deposition of the project archive and, subject to agreement with the legal landowner(s), the artefact collection. A digital archive will also be prepared and deposited with the Archaeology Data Service (ADS).

4.8. A summary of information from this project, as set out in Appendix C, will be entered onto the OASIS online database of archaeological projects in Britain.

5. RESULTS

5.1. This section provides an overview of the evaluation results. Detailed summaries of the recorded contexts are given in Appendix A. Details of the artefactual material recovered from the site are given in Section 6 and Appendix B.

5.2. No archaeology was observed. Trench 1 and 3 contained solid chalk geology which sloped to the south to 0.86m below present ground level (bpgl) at its deepest. The chalk was overlain by a sequence of sandy clay brickearth and colluvium in Trench 1. Towards the eastern end of Trench 3 the chalk was overlain by modern made ground. Trenches 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 contained no chalk geology and encountered an overall stratigraphic sequence of yellow silt/clay with flint (average 0.99m bpgl), overlain in turn by sand/clay brickearth (0.71m bpgl), overlain by fluvial sand/clay/ gravel (0.26m bpgl). Trenches 1 and 2 contained a colluvial deposit, which overlay the fluvial gravels in Trench 2. All trenches were sealed by subsoil (0.16-0.22m thick) and topsoil (0.06m to 0.16m thick).

5.3. Within the east end of Trench 3 sealed by the made ground was an unexcavated modern pit 305. It was 6.9m long 1.6m wide. The fill 306 contained modern brick, glass, wire and metal work. The pit cut the natural chalk and was sealed by the made ground.

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6. THE FINDS

6.1. Artefactual material, which is limited to small quantities of worked flint, is described in brief below and further details given in Appendix B. The recorded material was hand-recovered from two deposits, subsoil layers 203 and 401.

Lithics 6.2. Three pieces of worked flint (75g) were recorded from two deposits. All are secondary or tertiary flakes in good quality grey or grey brown flint, with (present on two pieces) light, mottled recortication. The small areas of cortex present on all three pieces is thinned/abraded, suggesting the use of raw material from a secondary source, almost certainly in this instance the local Thames gravels. All pieces are of ‘rolled’ appearance and exhibit edge damage, suggestive of subjection to agricultural or other ‘mechanical’ processes and consistent with redeposition. None of the pieces exhibits secondary working, albeit that retouch or microflaking might have been removed by the damage. None is closely dateable, although the squat proportions/thick butts and prominent bulbs suggestive of hard hammer percussion are most typical of flint-working in the later Neolithic and Bronze Age periods.

6.3. The small quantities of worked flint are of minimal archaeological significance, typical of low intensity ‘background noise’ of earlier prehistoric activity commonly seen from archaeological investigations from the area and beyond. Recording/reporting on this material is sufficient for archive purposes and it need not be retained.

7. DISCUSSION

7.1. Despite the archaeological potential of the wider area (see Archaeological background, above), the evaluation identified no archaeological remains within any of the trenches. Trenches 1 and 3 towards the north of the site identified the edge of a chalk river terrace, and remaining trenches contained fluvial gravel deposits, brickearth and clays probably associated the Thames Valley system.

8. CA PROJECT TEAM

8.1. Fieldwork was undertaken by Adam Howard, assisted by Agata Kowalska. This report was written by Adam Howard. The finds report was written by Ed McSloy. The report illustrations were prepared by Ryan Wilson. The project archive has been compiled by and prepared for deposition by Richard Paxford. The project was managed for CA by Oliver Good.

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9. REFERENCES

APABE (Advisory Panel on the Archaeology of Burials in England) 2017 Guidance for best practice for the treatment of Human remains excavated from Christian Burial Grounds in England, 2nd Edition.

BGS (British Geological Survey) 2020 Geology of Britain Viewer http://mapapps.bgs.ac.uk/geologyofbritain/home.html Accessed 7 May 2020

Booth, P et al., 2007. The Thames through Time: The Archaeology of the Gravel Terraces of the Upper and Middle Thames: The Early Historical Period AD 1–1000. SMA 19

Carter, S 2018. ‘Geo-environmental & Geotechnical Assessment Ground Investigation Report’ for 199-207 Henley Road, Reading, RG4 6LJ. Jomas Associates Ltd.

CgMs (now RPS) 2019. 199-207 Henley Road, Caversham, RG4 6LJ: Archaeological Desk- Based Assessment. Report: 25345/AT

Coles and Anthony, 2002. Redgrave Pinsent Rowing Lake, Caversham Lakes, Henley Road, Caversham, Oxfordshire An Archaeological Evaluation: Phase 2. Thames Valley Archaeological Services Ltd

DCLG (Department of Communities and Local Government) 2012 National Planning Policy Framework

VCH Oxfordshire 2018. Caversham: Introduction: Landscape, Settlement, and Buildings.

Wymer, J. 1999. The Lower Palaeolithic Occupation of Britain, II

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APPENDIX A: CONTEXT DESCRIPTIONS

Trench Context Type Interpretation Description Length Width Depth/ No. (m) (m) thickness (m) 1 100 layer topsoil dark greyish brown sandy 25.3 1.8 0-0.16 silt loose 1 101 layer subsoil dark greyish brown sandy 25.3 1.8 0.16-0.26 silt firm 1 102 layer colluvium mid reddish brown sandy 25.3 1.8 0.26-0.86 clay firm 1 103 layer geology white chalk compact 25.3 1.8 0.86+ 1 104 layer geology reddish brown sandy clay 25.3 1.8 0.86+ firm 2 200 layer topsoil dark greyish brown silty 29.5 1.8 0-0.13 sandy clay loose 2 201 layer subsoil mid brownish grey sandy 29.5 1.8 0.13-0.25 clay firm 2 202 layer colluvium mid reddish brown sandy 29.5 1.8 0.25-0.65 clay firm 2 203 layer geology reddish brown sandy clay 29.5 1.8 0.65-0.99 with chalk flecks firm 2 204 layer geology mid yellowish brown sandy 29.5 1.8 0.99+ clay large flint nodules firm 3 300 layer topsoil greyish brown sandy clay silt 22.8 1.8 0-0.08 loose 3 301 layer made ground layers of brown and black 22.8 1.8 0.08-0.56 sandy silt modern inclusions 3 302 layer subsoil mid greyish brown sandy 22.8 1.8 0.08-0.28 silty clay firm 3 303 layer geology reddish brown sandy silty 22.8 1.8 0.28-0.43 clay with flint 3 304 layer geology weathered white chalk 22.8 1.8 0.43+ 4 400 layer topsoil dark greyish brown sandy 33 1.8 0-0.2 clayey silt firm 4 401 layer subsoil mid greyish brown silty 33 1.8 0.2-0.31 sandy clay firm 4 402 layer geology reddish brown sandy clay 33 1.8 0.31-0.7 with flint firm 4 403 layer geology mid yellowish brown sandy 33 1.8 0.7+ clay large flint nodules 5 500 layer topsoil dark greyish brown sandy 27.6 1.8 0-0.1 silty clay loose 5 501 layer subsoil mid greyish brown sandy 27.6 1.8 0.1-0.26 silty clay firm

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Trench Context Type Interpretation Description Length Width Depth/ No. (m) (m) thickness (m) 5 502 layer geology mid reddish sandy clay with 27.6 1.8 0.26-0.7 flint 5 503 layer geology mid reddish yellow brown 27.6 1.8 0.7+ sandy clay rare flint 6 600 layer topsoil dark greyish brown sandy 18.7 1.8 0-0.06 silty clay firm 6 601 layer subsoil mid brownish grey sandy 18.7 1.8 0.06-0.26 silty clay firm 6 602 layer geology mid reddish brown sandy 18.7 1.8 0.26-0.78 clay with flint firm 6 603 layer geology mid reddish brown sandy 18.7 1.8 0.78 clay 7 700 layer topsoil dark greyish sandy clayey 30.5 1.8 0-0.09 silt firm 7 701 layer subsoil mid brownish grey sandy 30.5 1.8 0.09-0.27 silty clay firm 7 702 layer geology mid reddish brown sandy 30.5 1.8 0.27-0.94 silty clay firm 7 703 layer geology reddish brown sandy silty 30.5 1.8 0.94+ clay with flint firm

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APPENDIX B: THE FINDS

Context Material Description Ct. Wt. (g) Spot-date 203 Flint Flake; grey flint, rolled 1 22 - 401 Flint Flake; grey-brown flint; rolled 1 35 - Flint Broken flake; grey flint, rolled 1 18

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APPENDIX C: OASIS REPORT FORM

PROJECT DETAILS Project name 199-207 Henley Road, Caversham, Berkshire Short description In May 2020, Cotswold Archaeology carried out an archaeological evaluation 199-207 Henley Road, Caversham, Berkshire. A total of 7 trenches were excavated. No archaeological features, deposits or finds were observed within any of the trenches. Project dates 4-6 May 2020 Project type Field Evaluation Previous work CgMs (now RPS) 2019. 199-207 Henley Road, Caversham, RG4 6LJ: Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment. Report: 25345/AT

Future work Unknown PROJECT LOCATION Site location 199-207 Henley Road, Caversham, Berkshire Study area (m2/ha) 1.08ha Site co-ordinates 473017 175198 PROJECT CREATORS Name of organisation Cotswold Archaeology Project brief originator Project design (WSI) originator Cotswold Archaeology

Project Manager Oliver Good Project Supervisor Adam Howard MONUMENT TYPE none SIGNIFICANT FINDS none PROJECT ARCHIVES Intended final location of archive Content

Physical Reading Museum Flint Paper Reading Museum Trench Sheets, photo register Digital Reading Museum Database, digital photos survey data BIBLIOGRAPHY

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