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Archaeological Investigations Project 2007 Evaluations Version 4.1 South West Bath & North East Somerset Bath and North East Somerset (C.47.1756) ST65406820 AIP database ID: {01A66A65-9324-429B-91EE-96976CA8617B} Parish: Keynsham Postal Code: BS18 1BZ KEYNSHAM, NOS 92-94 TEMPLE ST., CRANMORE HOUSE Keynsham, Nos. 92-94 Temple St., Cranmore House Potter, K Bristol : Bristol & Region Archaeological Services, 2008, 1p Work undertaken by: Bristol & Region Archaeological Services Seven trenches were excavated at Cranmore House, Temple Street. Most were sterile but a pit of late post-medieval origin, cobbled surface and limestone wall were recorded. [Sec(abr)] Archaeological periods represented: PM OASIS ID :no (C.47.1757) ST6551068190 AIP database ID: {F1C6151B-A7B1-447A-8BCB-D6062D7228FD} Parish: Keynsham Postal Code: BS18 1ER LAND AT CRANMORE HOUSE, NOS. 92-94 TEMPLE STREET, KEYNSHAM Archaeological Evaluation of Land at Cranmore House, Nos. 92-94 Temple Street, Keynsham, B & NES Bristol & Region Archaeological Services Bristol : Bristol & Region Archaeological Services, 2007, 23pp, colour pls, figs, tabs, refs Work undertaken by: Bristol & Region Archaeological Services Seven trenches in the development area contained little of archaeological significance. Trench Five contained a pit of late post-medieval origin. Trench Three was of the most interest containing a sequence of deposits, the earliest of which appeared to be medieval in origin. At the front of Trench Six, a cobbled surface and limestone wall were revealed. [Au(abr)] SMR primary record number: 2008/04 Archaeological periods represented: PM, MD OASIS ID :no (C.47.1758) ST7351065156 AIP database ID: {768FCEB4-661E-433B-ABEE-C7091A73C146} Parish: Kingsmead Ward Postal Code: BA1 3AS FORMER COURTHOUSE GARAGE SITE ON UPPER BRISTOL ROAD Archaeological Evaluation During Redevelopment of the Former Courthouse Garage Site on Upper Bristol Road, Bath Watkins, K Bath : Kim Watkins Archaeological Consultant, 2007, 7pp, figs Work undertaken by: Kim Watkins Archaeological Consultant The evaluation found that the whole site had been truncated by modern levelling and there was no evidence for deposits of archaeological interest. [Au(abr)] SMR primary record number: 2007/10 OASIS ID :no (C.47.1759) ST66805490 AIP database ID: {D36E3879-CA70-4696-B889-221497240646} Archaeological Investigations Project 2007 Evaluations Version 4.1 Parish: Norton-Radstock Postal Code: BA3 2BQ MIDSOMER NORTON, 25 WELLOW BROOK COURT Midsomer Norton, 25 Wellow Brook Court Whatley, S Bristol : Bristol & Region Archaeological Services, 2008, 1p Work undertaken by: Bristol & Region Archaeological Services An evaluation by Bristol and Region Archaeological Services revealed a rubbish pit / ditch terminus that contained pottery dating from the 11th to the 13th century. Little else of interest was found. [Sec] Archaeological periods represented: MD OASIS ID :no (C.47.1760) ST64755684 AIP database ID: {5A14B106-8C4A-4005-B9FE-075882C9D80F} Parish: Paulton Postal Code: BS39 7LQ PAULTON, FORMER POLESTAR PRINTING WORKS Poulton, Former Polestar Printing Works North, C London : Museum of London Archaeology Service, 2008, 1p Work undertaken by: Museum of London Archaeology Service In May 2007 the Museum of London Archaeology Service excavated ten evaluation trenches on land formerly part of the Polestar Printing Works. No archaeological features were observed but a small number of 18th-century finds were recovered from the lower levels of the topsoil. Natural red clay was recorded across the site between 87.64m and 99.59m OD. [Sec] Archaeological periods represented: PM OASIS ID :molas1-27075 (C.47.1761) ST56165696 AIP database ID: {8421E86A-EF0A-4C10-B160-D8DFD373D6C0} Parish: West Harptree Postal Code: BS18 6HT LAND AT PARSONAGE FARM, WEST HARPTREE Land at Parsonage Farm, West Harptree, Bath and North East Somerset Foundations Archaeology Swindon : Foundations Archaeology, 2007, 10pp, pls, figs, refs Work undertaken by: Foundations Archaeology The evaluation comprised the excavation and recording of five 20m trenches across the study area. A number of brick and rubble layers, probably associated with the former farmyard, were present at the western end of the site. No archaeological features or deposits predating the post-medieval period were present. [Au(abr)] SMR primary record number: 2007/75 Archaeological periods represented: PM OASIS ID :no Bristol Bristol, City of UA (C.54.1762) ST59557376 AIP database ID: {D6A0F050-0204-4480-AECB-10E5DC913443} Parish: Ashley Ward Postal Code: BS2 9HH ST. PAUL'S PARK, ST. PAULS, BRISTOL St. Paul's Park, St. Pauls, Bristol. Archaeological Evaluation Etheridge, D Bristol : Avon Archaeological Unit, 2007, 26pp, colour pls, figs, tabs, refs Work undertaken by: Avon Archaeological Unit Archaeological Investigations Project 2007 Evaluations Version 4.1 The evaluation revealed grave cuts and recumbent grave slabs dating from between 1808-1850, sealed by layers of green clay and demolition rubble relating to the raising and levelling of the site for use as a park in 1936. Pottery from the trenches dated to the 18th and 19th centuries. [Au(adp)] Archaeological periods represented: PM OASIS ID :no (C.54.1763) ST5917274065 AIP database ID: {97BF0606-AB69-49A5-B56A-D53F4C2F3979} Parish: Ashley Ward Postal Code: BS1 3RU WESTMORELAND HOUSE, ASHLEY ROAD, STOKES CROFT, BRISTOL Archaeological Evaluation at Westmoreland House, Ashley Road, Stokes Croft, Bristol Ducker, R K Bristol : Avon Archaeological Unit, 2007, 28pp, colour pls, figs, tabs, refs Work undertaken by: Avon Archaeological Unit Three ditches were located which corresponded to the layout and location of 17th century Civil War defensive ditches that were suggested, from contemporary accounts, to have been built at Stokes Croft. The layout of the defences appeared to have determined the pattern of subsequent boundaries and buildings on the site. Artefacts recovered from the primary soils filling the ditches dated from the late 17th to the early 18th centuries. In two of the trenches, the ditch segments had subsequently been used as a foundation for stone walls during the later 18th century. A number of 18th century and later walls were located in each of the trenches, some of which could be related to the outline of structures on historic maps and partly to those still standing in the study area. Walls in Trenches 1 and 2, for example, can be related to 19th century maps and plans as structures corresponding to the fossilised outline of the civil war defences. Two further walls in Trench Two could neither be dated, nor clearly associated with adjacent structures. Further structures in Trench Two, a cistern and a number of floor surfaces, represented elements of residential buildings adjoining the rear of No. 4 Ashley road. In Trench Three, Wall 307 appeared to be part of the suggested remains of the west wall of the east wing of the 19th century carriage-works. Based on the available evidence it was likely that the earliest ditches located in the trenches dated from the second half of the 17th century. In terms of dating alone they could therefore have represented features associated with the Civil War defences laid out in the Stokes Croft area. This interpretation was supported by their collective layout, which corresponded well with the footprint of the military Spurwork and adjoining defence lines suggested by other commentators. It should be noted however, that no finds of military type or of definite mid 17th century date were recovered from any of the trenches and it was possible that their original function could have been for agricultural or other non-military purposes. If the 17th to 18th century features and deposits located on the site were indeed of Civil War origin then they were potentially of both local and regional significance and have the potential to further elucidate the form, development and extent of the Civil War defences as well as the subsequent historic urban settlement and development of Stokes Croft. [Au(abr)] Archaeological periods represented: PM OASIS ID :no (C.54.1764) ST5281077235 AIP database ID: {77F0358E-1DEB-40E0-8BDF-AC9CA0A04E5B} Parish: Avonmouth Ward Postal Code: BS11 9PY OLD BARROW HILL, SHIREHAMPTON, BRISTOL Old Barrow Hill, Shirehampton, Bristol. Geological and Archaeological Evaluation Hood, A Swindon : Foundations Archaeology, 2007, 26pp, pls, figs, tabs, refs Work undertaken by: Foundations Archaeology No archaeological features were encountered during the evaluation. [Au(adp)] SMR primary record number: 24555 OASIS ID :no Archaeological Investigations Project 2007 Evaluations Version 4.1 (C.54.1765) ST53897988 AIP database ID: {EBE768ED-3863-49E0-89A4-D708B6365B38} Parish: Avonmouth Ward Postal Code: BS11 0XH PLOT 9, CABOT PARK (II) Plot 9, Cabot Park, Avonmouth. City of Bristol. A report on the geoarchaeological borehole survey Corcoran, J London : Museum of London Archaeology Service, 2007, 50pp, colour pls, figs, tabs, refs Work undertaken by: Museum of London Archaeology Service The site had previously been evaluated in 1998 which defined possible occupation surfaces of charcoal rich clays associated with small quantities of burnt stone, animal bone and prehistoric pottery between palaeochannels. Further work ensued with a geophysical survey carried out in 2006, identifying a network of possible palaeochannels. Subsequently, in May 2007, c 50m of the 1998 evaluation trench was re-excavated in order to examine the previously observed archaeological evidence, which lay at c 5m