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Islip, Oxfordshire
Archaeological Evaluation and Assessment of Results
Prepared on behalf of 
Videotext Communications Ltd49 Goldhawk RoadLONDONSW1 8QP
By
Wessex Archaeology
Portway HouseOld Sarum Park SALISBURYWiltshireSP4 6EBReport reference: 59463.01
November 2005
© Wessex Archaeology Limited 2005 all rights reserved Wessex Archaeology Limited is a Registered Charity No. 287786 
 
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Contents
SummaryAcknowledgements
1BACKGROUND..................................................................................................11.1Description of the Site................................................................................11.2Historical Background...............................................................................11.3Previous Archaeological Work.................................................................42METHODS...........................................................................................................52.1Introduction................................................................................................52.2Aims and Objectives..................................................................................52.3Fieldwork Methodology.............................................................................53RESULTS.............................................................................................................73.1Introduction................................................................................................73.2Geophysical Survey....................................................................................8
 Area 1: The garden of ‘Confessor’s Gate’...................................................8 Area 2: The Red Lion car park....................................................................8 Area 3: The Lumber Yard............................................................................8 Area 4: The garden of ‘Fairlights’..............................................................8 Area 7: St. Nicholas’s graveyard.................................................................8 Area 8: The earthworks next to Manor Farm.............................................9
3.3Archaeological Evaluation........................................................................9
 Area 1: The Garden of ‘Confessor’s Gate’ .................................................9 Area 2: The Red Lion car park .................................................................11 Area 3: The Lumber Yard .........................................................................12 Area 4: The garden of ‘Fairlights’ ...........................................................12 Area 5: The Orchard/Yard east of Red Lion pub ......................................13 Area 6: The green east of the church of St. Nicholas ...............................14 Area 8: The earthworks next to Manor Farm ...........................................14
4FINDS.................................................................................................................184.1Introduction..............................................................................................184.2Pottery.......................................................................................................19
 Prehistoric..................................................................................................19 Romano-British..........................................................................................19 Late Saxon to Medieval..............................................................................19 Post-Medieval............................................................................................20
4.3Ceramic Building Material.....................................................................204.4Stone..........................................................................................................204.5Glass..........................................................................................................204.6Metalwork.................................................................................................204.7Animal Bone.............................................................................................214.8Marine Shell..............................................................................................224.9Other Finds...............................................................................................224.10Potential....................................................................................................225PALAEO-ENVIRONMENTAL EVIDENCE.................................................235.2Charred Plant Remains, Mineralised Material and Charcoals...........235.3Charred plant remains............................................................................245.4Mineralised Remains...............................................................................245.5Charcoal....................................................................................................25
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