T H A M E S V A L L E Y ARCHAEOLOGICAL S E R V I C E S

Old Bell House, 9 Northfield End, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire

Archaeological Watching Brief

by Andy Taylor

Site Code: BHH14/170

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BHH 14/170 N Old Bell House, 9 Northfield End, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, 2014 Archaeological Watching Brief Figure 2. Detailed location of site off Northfield Road.

Reproduced from Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping under licence. Crown copyright reserved. Scale 1:1250 N o r th f ie ld E n d (A 4 1 3 0 ) 83000

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retaining wall 2 footing conservatory removed

retaining wall 1 footing patio area ground reduction soakaway

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Figure 3. Location of areas observed during the watching brief.

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Pale brown sandy silt (Made ground)

Dark brown grey sandy silt (Made ground) 50

Gravel natural geology

BHH 14/170 Old Bell House, 9 Northfield End, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, 2014 Archaeological Watching Brief

Figure 4. Representaive section

0 1m Plate 1. Ground reduction in progress, looking northeast, Scale: 2m.

Plate 2. Section, looking west, Scales: 2m and 0.5m. BHH 14/170 Old Bell House, 9 Northfield End, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, 2014 Archaeological Watching Brief Plates 1 - 2. TIME CHART

Calendar Years

Modern AD 1901

Victorian AD 1837

Post Medieval AD 1500

Medieval AD 1066

Saxon AD 410

Roman AD 43 BC/AD Iron Age 750 BC

Bronze Age: Late 1300 BC

Bronze Age: Middle 1700 BC

Bronze Age: Early 2100 BC

Neolithic: Late 3300 BC

Neolithic: Early 4300 BC

Mesolithic: Late 6000 BC

Mesolithic: Early 10000 BC

Palaeolithic: Upper 30000 BC

Palaeolithic: Middle 70000 BC

Palaeolithic: Lower 2,000,000 BC Thames Valley Archaeological Services Ltd, 47-49 De Beauvoir Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5NR

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