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Wessex Archaeology
Skipsea Grange, Skipsea, HoldernessEast Riding of Yorkshire
Report on an Archaeological Evaluation and an Assessment of the Results
September 2005 Ref: 55762.01
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SKIPSEA GRANGE, SKIPSEA, HOLDERNESSEAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE.
REPORT ON AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION ANDAN ASSESSMENT OF THE RESULTS
Document Ref. 55762September 2005
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SKIPSEA GRANGE, SKIPSEA, HOLDERNESSEAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE.
REPORT ON AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION ANDAN ASSESSMENT OF THE RESULTS
Contents1INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................11.1Project Background...................................................................................11.2Geology and Topography..........................................................................11.3Archaeological and historical background..............................................21.4Previous Archaeological Work.................................................................62METHODS...........................................................................................................62.1Introduction................................................................................................6
Geophysics Survey (by GSB Prospection Limited)......................................7
2.2Aims and objectives...................................................................................7
Excavation....................................................................................................7
2.3Evaluation methods....................................................................................73RESULTS.............................................................................................................83.1Geophysical survey (by GSB Prospection Limited)................................8
South western field.......................................................................................8South eastern field........................................................................................9The northern field.........................................................................................9
3.2Excavation...................................................................................................9
Trench 1 (Figure 3)....................................................................................10Trench 2 (Figure 4)....................................................................................11Trench 3 (Figure 5)....................................................................................12Trench 4 (Figure 6)....................................................................................13Trench 5 (Figure 7)....................................................................................15Trench 6 (Figure 8)....................................................................................15Trench 7 (Figure 9)....................................................................................16 Trench 8 (Figure 1)....................................................................................16 Trench 9 (Figure 10)..................................................................................16 Trench 10 (Figure 11)................................................................................17
4FINDS.................................................................................................................184.1Introduction..............................................................................................184.2Pottery.......................................................................................................20
?Iron Age or Saxon....................................................................................20 Romano-British..........................................................................................21Saxo-Norman and Medieval.......................................................................21
4.3Post-medieval............................................................................................214.4Ceramic Building Material and Fired Clay...........................................214.5Worked Stone...........................................................................................224.6Slag............................................................................................................224.7Metalwork.................................................................................................22
Copper alloy...............................................................................................22
Skipsea Grange, Holderness
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« prev | next »- 1 INTRODUCTION
- 1.1 Project Background
- 1.2 Geology and Topography
- 1.3 Archaeological and historical background
- 1.4 Previous Archaeological Work
- 2 METHODS
- Geophysics Survey (by GSB Prospection Limited)
- 2.2 Aims and objectives
- Excavation
- 2.3 Evaluation methods
- 3 RESULTS
- 3.1 Geophysical survey (by GSB Prospection Limited)
- South western field
- South eastern field
- The northern field
- 3.2 Excavation
- Trench 1 (Figure 3)
- Trench 2 (Figure 4)
- Trench 3 (Figure 5)
- Trench 4 (Figure 6)
- Trench 5 (Figure 7)
- Trench 6 (Figure 8)
- Trench 7 (Figure 9)
- Trench 8 (Figure 1)
- Trench 9 (Figure 10)
- Trench 10 (Figure 11)
- 4 FINDS
- ?Iron Age or Saxon
- Romano-British
- Saxo-Norman and Medieval
- 4.3 Post-medieval
- 4.4 Ceramic Building Material and Fired Clay
- 4.7 Metalwork
- Copper alloy
- Animal husbandry
- Consumption and deposition
- 4.10Potential and Recommendations
- 5 ENVIRONMENTAL EVIDENCE
- 5.1 Samples taken and palaeo-environmental evidence
- 5.2 Assessment Results; methods and data
- 5.3 Charred plant remains
- 5.5 Potential of the environmental evidence
- 6 DISCUSSION
- 7 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER WORK
- 8 THE ARCHIVE
- 9 BIBLIOGRAPHY
- APPENDIX 1. TRENCH DESCRIPTIONS
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