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118CHALGROVEFour sides of a moat are shown on the 1882 estate map (Magdalen College)and 1881 Ordnance Survey map (PRN 1115 SU 63009702), this moat is open on thefifth side to Manor Farm (C15th) and its walled side garden. All but one armof this moat has now been filled in with the remaining arm enlarged for atrout pond. Silts from dredging this arm of the moat were examined but nodating material was found.DIDCOTPrior to the redevelopment of the Blagrove Caravan Site, three trialtrenches were excavated with assistance from the Didcot Society to test theextent of the Romano-British settlement discovered 100m. to the W (PRN 8035;SU 52159051). Two trenches showed gross C2Oth disturbance but the thirdprovided a few stratified pottery sherds indicating that ,the Romano-Britishsettlement covers a greater area than was previously thought.FARINGDON, 4 Market PlacePrior to building work a small area at the rear of No.4 has been excavatedrevealing little stratification. The site is on Oolitic timestone and appearsto have been cleared down to the bedrock with each successive stage ofbuilding. A beam slot and a small quantity of C12th-13th pottery wasrecovered.FRINGFORDC12th and C13th pottery from a buried occupation level was discoveredduring the excavation of a swimming pool on the NW edge of the present large,sub-rectangular green 0-4km. SW of the Norman parish church (PRN 10,974;SP 60252889).FULBROOKHoles for planting commemorative jubilee trees within the graveyard on theW side of the parish church revealed a stone wall foundation (PRN 8053;SP 25811308). This belonged to a deserted area of the medieval villageabsorbed into the churchyard by a W extension of the burial ground. Substantialearthworks survive to the N of the church.MARSTONFoundation work for a new vestry on the N side of the parish church ofSt. Nicholas provided floor tile, a fragment of glazed medieval ridge-tile andmedieval pottery, coming chiefly from a debris layer belonging to the Victorianchurch restoration (PRN 11,211; SP 52720888). The printed, late medievalfloor tile matches several fragments remaining in the chancel. Below theVictorian rubble the subsoil had been disturbed by earlier grave digging.OXFORD, Paradise StreetTrial excavations supervised by Jane Fox of the Oxford UniversityArchaeological Society in advance of the proposed housing development showedthat the occupation of the street frontage may have taken place at the end ofthe C11th or C12th. The excavations also uncovered the medieval revetment tothe Castle Mill Stream.