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

Introduction: Test pit 62 was one of a series of test pits excavated in the historic core of Littlemore in June 2013.  It is located in the back garden of 9 Sandford Road. 9 Sandford Road is set slightly back from the street and was constructed in the late 1970s/1980s.

Files: 

TP62.pdf

Introduction: One of a series of test pits excavated in the historic core of Littlemore in July 2013.  Test pit 61 is located in the back garden of 1 David Nicholls Close. David Nicholls Close was built in the mid-1990s in the grounds of Lawn Upton House built in 1846 (see figure 3).

Files: 

TP61.pdf