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53 remaining N. half of the W. side and the N. side and N. arm were back filled. A bank probably constructed of excavated material from the moat sealed Building 1 (Phase II) and ran N. to the site of Building 3 (Phase II) which was sealed by the erection, on top of its rcbbed walls, of a new rectangular dovecote, Building 1, 6m x 4.5m internally.and with walls lm thick. On the N. side of this building a stone yard was drained by a well constructed stone drain which ran W. for 40m. This building was demolished in the mid Cl9th, pottery of that date occurring in the destruction levels. Building 2 The Aisled Barn (Phase II, Building 2), continued in use until the early Cl9th. It is shown on a 1792 estate map but not on the Tithe Award map of 1839. . The Cow Pit In an almost central position within Dovecote Close, a pit 4m x 2m and lm deep contained the articulated skeletons of eight cows, two of which were in calf. Pottery evidence from the pit dates it to the late Cl5th - early Cl6th. These must belong to a small herd which died as a result of an epidemic and were buried immediately. An assemblage of this type and date is rare and is currently being analysed. Moat House This is, a stone .structure with a date stone over the door bearing the inscription 1T.M. 1784', Thomas Mercer acquired the Manor of Bradwell in the mid Cl8th and rebuilt or restored the house. The Antiquary, Browne Willis, who-visited it before 1760 described this as a "good sized comfortable cottage, the remains of the Ancient Manor. House", BRADWELL To the N.W. of the Bradwell Bury moated site and on the S. side of the sunken lane leading from the village to the Abbey, an isolated medieval building was revealed when the Sportsfield site was levelled in June 1975. The rectangular stone building 10m x 4.5m, aligned E.-7W, had walls 0.75m thick. The floor was of clay apart from the E. 2m which were paved and drained into a central gulley. In the centre of the clay floor was a rectangular hearth, 1.5m x 1.2m, of large pebbles with limestone revetting. Pottery from the floor was of Cl3th - Cl4th. Outside the building on the yard surface to the S. was founda complete Penn floor tile. LOUGHTON (MK.M152) Roadworks associated with the contruction of the Loughton Valley Trunk Foul Sewer cut through a rectangular house platform. the N. aide of a water leet which ran from a nearby moat and associated fishpond. The leet narroWed as it ran by the platform suggesting that it may have been deliberately channelled. Rescue excavation of the platform revealed traces of a building 6m x 4.2m aligned N.-S. The largely robbed footings were of limestone and large pebbles, with traces of a central hearth. On the floor was a considerable a-. mount of late C14th - Cl5th pottery. No evidence was found of any industrial use. BRADWELL PRIORY FUrther excavation to the S.E. of the Chapel revealed the robber trench, 1..8m wide, -of the W. wall, of the Priory Church. The wall was totally robbed but a buttress, which had been in line with the S. arcade, remained. The nave was approximately 8.5m wide, and traces of its mortar floor remained.. Fragments of Little Bricknill floor tiles, window glass, lead and pottery were found. GREAT LINFORD, SMITH'S CLOSE During the construction of old people's: flats in Smith's Close, Great Linford, a medieval building N.-S., 6m wide, uncovered during topsoil removal, was excavated. Only the S., E. and W. walls were excavated as the N. wall had already been destroyed. The building, 6m wide, hae? a minimum length of 7.5m but observation of the destruction trench suggested a total length of some 12m. The three remaining walls, which had all been robbed down to floor level, were c.0.5m wide. The internal-floor was of tacked clay with a strip of rough stone paving running along its centre. Pottery suggested occupation in the Cl4th - Cl5th.
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Page 6 and 7: 5 A FUTURE for PREHISTORY in the CH
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Page 10 and 11: 9 Decade No. of Deaths Decade No. o
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Page 16 and 17: 15 It is hoped that this combinatio
Page 18 and 19: 1 ditches 17 1 ble 1 from 'platform
Page 20 and 21: 19 There is little opportunity for
Page 22 and 23: 21 The pitched stone foundations of
Page 24 and 25: 23 The range was of secondary build
Page 26 and 27: 25 tral platform is cut into by thr
Page 28 and 29: 27 the site of an earlier building
Page 30 and 31: 27 the site of an earlier building
Page 32 and 33: 29 sunken roads to the SE; also cry
Page 34 and 35: 31 The village contained two manors
Page 36 and 37: . 33 , ing the County and District
Page 38 and 39: 35 Medieval and Post-Medieval Super
Page 40 and 41: 37 and unrelated sites is inevitabl
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Page 44 and 45: 41 MILTON KEYNES DEVELOPMENT CORPOR
Page 46 and 47: 43 Scalen M t Roman Circular 'Build
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Page 50 and 51: - large 47 HERN'S CLOSE Excavation
Page 52 and 53: 49 building at its E. end was a sto
Page 54 and 55: 51 Building 4 Traces of a timber bu
Page 58 and 59: 55 EARTHWORK SURVEY Much of the rid
Page 60 and 61: 57 A detailed survey of the site co
Page 62 and 63: 59- Old Rectory and from there it m
Page 64 and 65: 61 THE OXFORDSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL C
Page 66 and 67: ABINGDON BARTON COURT FARM 1972-75
Page 68 and 69: 65 ly rare. Oyster shell is common
Page 70 and 71: 67 beetles from them are dung beetl
Page 72 and 73: 69 The graves cut into underlying p
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Page 76 and 77: 73 over lm. Other buildings and a g
Page 78 and 79: ' 75 WALLINGFORD CASTLE, ABS Site I
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