british and irish archaeological bibliography
141 Gloucester Street, Cirencester. Archaeological Watching Brief [Site name: 141 GLOUCESTER STREET, CIRENCESTER
Study area:
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Cotswold
Monument: [finds]. Roman (AD43-410), PIT. Post-medieval (1540-1901), HUMAN REMAINS. Undated, PIT. Undated, PIT. Roman (AD43-410)
Ngr: SP01950254
Parish: Cirencester
Postcode: ]
Pages:
13; colour pls; figs; refs
Publisher:
Published:
2005
Abstract:
An archaeological watching brief was undertaken during the excavation of a foundation trench for a single-storey extension to the rear of the house. The natural clay and gravel was cut by a pit which contained probable demolition debris from a Romano-British building and pottery of late 1st or early 2nd century AD date. This building probably lay in close proximity to 141 Gloucester Street, close to the line of Ermin Street. The other pit was not dated but contained a fragment of human skull which could have derived from a Roman cemetery thought to lay outside of Gloucester Gate. Alternatively, the skull could have been derived from a burial ground associated with the medieval leper hospital of St. Lawrence, which was sited some 75m to the south. A third pit of probable 18th century date was also identified. [Au(adp)]
Source description:
13pp, colour pls, figs, refs
Dataset:
Coverage:
2005