As part of the Archeox Project's excavations at Minchery Farm Paddock in autumn 2012 trench 1 sampled a peat deposit associated with the line of the Littlemore/Northfield Brook.  This report by Adrian Parker and Gareth Preston of Oxford Brookes University gives the results of geoarchaeological and palaeoenvironmental analysis of these deposits which span the end of the last iceage to the Early Bronze Age.

Files: 

Minchery Farm Peat Report Final.pdf

The MP12 lithic assemblage indicates a human presence on the site, definitely between the Early Neolithic and Early Bronze Age (c. 4000-1500 BC), and potentially as early as the Mesolithic (c. 9000-4000 BC).  This fits with wider patterns of inhabitation evidenced by archaeological investigations on neighbouring sites.

Files: 

Minchery Lithics web final.pdf

MP12 lithics final for web.xls

The following specialist reports from the MP12 excavation are available for download:

Interim palaeoenvironmental report (trench 1) by Adrian Parker

Small finds assessment (all trenches) by Anni Byard

Files: 

MP12_Tr1_Interim_Palaeoenvironmental_AGP_14.pdf

MP12_all _trenches_ SFAssessment.pdf

MP12_all trenches_Small Finds ACB.pdf

MP12_all_trenches_ Plants and Environmental.pdf

MP12_all_trenches_clay pipes spot-dates.pdf

MP12_all_trenches_Minchery Paddock pottery scan spot-dates.pdf

MP12_all_trenches_Small_Finds_Register.pdf

The following documents are available for download:

Files: 

Geological observations at the Minchery Farm excavation site - Copy.pdf

NicholasLittlemore.pdf

WORK IN PROGRESS - As elements of the post-excavation process for Minchery Paddock 2012 are completed they are added to the website here - WORK IN PROGRESS

Project Report Structure: The chapters of the report are contained in a series of linked .pdf and .xls files

Chapter One: An introductory series

Chapter Two: The detailed reports from the three trenches which contain photos, drawings and summaries.

Trench 2 was opened to join John Moore Heritage Services (JMHS) 2006 evaluation trenches 3 and 4. JMHS Trench 3 had yielded medieval pottery and tile and possible wall foundations, while JMHS trench 4 had revealed the corner of a hearth, a well and also contained medieval pottery and tile.The new trench was L-shaped: 13m N-S x 11m W-E at its maximum,with the longer N-S arm being 5m wide and the shorter W-E arm 4m wide.

The following documents from MP12 trench 2 are available for download.

Files: 

MP12_Tr2_Context list.pdf

MP12_Tr2_Environmental Flots.pdf

MP12_Tr2_Environmental Residues.pdf

MP12_Tr2_Harris_matrix_RC14_phases.pdf

MP12_Tr2_Harris_matrix_spot dates.pdf

MP12_Tr2_Master_narrative.pdf

Geological observations at the Minchery Farm excavation site, 31st October & 8th November 2012. Notes by C.J. Lister.

Read the report

Files: 

Geological observations at the Minchery Farm excavation site - Copy.pdf

Trench 1 was the northern most of three trenches excavated at Minchery Farm Paddock by the Archaeology of East Oxford Project (Archeox) in October/November 2012. Trench one was approximately 50m downslope and to the northwest of Trench 2. It was positioned to investigate peat deposits associated with the line of the Littlemore Brook.

Files: 

MP12-Trench1-narrative-final.pdf

MP12-Trench1-context-checklist-final.pdf

MP12_tr1_matrix.pdf

MP12 Tr1_drawing_sample_level_list.pdf

MP12 Tr1 sec1A copy.pdf

MP12 Tr1 sec1B copy.pdf

MP12 Tr1 Plan101 copy.pdf

MP12 Tr1 Plan102-3 copy.pdf

MP12 Tr1 Plan104 copy.pdf

MP12 Tr1 Plan 105 copy.pdf

Trench 1 was the northern most of three trenches excavated at Minchery Farm Paddock by the Archaeology of East Oxford Project (Archeox) in October/November 2012. Trench one was approximately 50m downslope and to the northwest of Trench 2. It was positioned to investigate peat deposits associated with the line of the Littlemore Brook.

Files: 

MP12-Trench1-context-checklist-final.pdf