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 (SU 7604 8299) !"# $%&'* # #+ .+ #3+ 5;<+ =<+ #;3+ #+ + #+ > 3+ !"#$ %&'""()*+'##*,-.&'""()*+'##/, 3?3@@DF012000%%%3 G;'*I'J& K ! " " # >;; BD $D D ' D DD $<3 F G " J $ % % $ & ! " D DK M LL+ >"3IN L5G+ GMJ LG#>+ =#;M PP P ' " M KQN D N Q G BSB( ) P ' * + B S SNDD ) ,*N ) R ) V% ! " " # T ) V* * Banbury Bicester SITE Witney 84000 Thame Abingdon OXFORD Didcot Wallingford Wantage Henley-on -Thames SITE 83000 82000 77000 SU75000 76000 BHH 14/170 Old Bell House, 9 Northfield End, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, 2014 Archaeological Watching Brief Figure 1. Location of site within Henley-on-Thames and Oxfordshire Reproduced from Ordnance Survey Explorer 171 at 1:12500 Ordnance Survey Licence 100025880 83000 SITE 82900 SU 76000 76100 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 No.9 retaining wall 2 footing conservatory removed retaining wall 1 footing patio area ground reduction soakaway steps area ground reduction 82970 SU76030 76050 BHH 14/170 N Old Bell House, 9 Northfield End, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, 2014 Archaeological Watching Brief Figure 3. Location of areas observed during the watching brief. 0 10m NW SE Topsoil 33.95maOD 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 Tel: 0118 9260552 Fax: 0118 9260553 Email: [email protected] Web: www.tvas.co.uk.