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Archeox excavations at Minchery Paddock autumn 2012

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.

Minchery Paddock 2012 - Trench 2

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.

Minchery Paddock 2012 - Trench 1

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.

Minchery Paddock 2012, Trench One, Context Check List

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.

Test Pit 65: Archeox Shed - Ark T centre, John Bunyan Baptist Church, between Beauchamp Lane and Crowell Road.

In November 2011 two test pits were dug in the grounds of the Ark T Centre. The
first, EOXP Test Pit 5 (AKT 1), was on the eastern side of the grounds, adjoining

Test Pit 64: 47 Oxford Road, Littlemore

The medieval village of Littlemore was a tiny agricultural community miles outside the walled city
of Oxford (Lobel 2008, 206). Today it is located approximately 2.5 miles (4km) southeast of the city

Test pit 72: Bartlemas Chapel Reburial

During the  22  September  –  4 November 2011  excavation at Bartlemas Chapel,  a range of

THE MAGDALEN CROSSING-POINT: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY, 4200BC—1066 AD

THE MAGDALEN CROSSING-POINT: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY, 4200BC—1066 AD by Thomas Matthews Boehmer
 

Test Pit 55: 21 Fairacres Road

Address: 
21 Fairacres Road

Introduction:  One of a series of test pits excavated in 2012/2013 in the Iffley Fields area to locate extent of prehistoric activity identified by A.M. Bell in late 19C/early 20C.

Files: 

Geophysical survey of South Park

The attached .pdf file gives the results of a gradiometer survey of South Park carried out by the Archaeology of East Oxford Project in winter 2012-13

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