Untitled - Council for British Archaeology

1surface119OXFORD, St. Mary's College, New Inn Hall StreetExcavations by Kevin Flude and John Blair of the Oxford UniversityArchaeological Society identified the SE corner of the chapel of St. Mary'sCollege whose roof survives in Brasenose (CBA Group 9 Newsletter 6 1977, p21).SALFORDTopsoil stripping in preparation for laying a farm road to GreathouseBarn and which passes between the parish church and the remains of the Tudoror Jacobean terraced garden earthworks (for plan - CBA Group 9, Newsletter 4(1974 p.18) has revealed enclosure walls, building debris and a cobbled yardsurface accompanied by Cl6th to Cl8th pottery and glass (PRN 5760; SP 285281).SHIPTON UNDER WYCHWOODHouse building is presently destroying house enclosureson the desertedSE edge of the medieval village (PRN 4525; SP 281176). When surveyed in 1973by R.A. Chambers the site was found to contain ridge-and-furrow running upagainst toft boundaries. Partial topsoil stripping has so far revealed onebuilding which from the presence of both medieval and post-medieval pottery,may have been deserted more recently than originally thought. It is hoped tolocate the positions of buildings in the surrounding tofts as building workprogresses.SUTTON COURTENARY, Peep-o-Day LaneMichael Parrington conducted salvage excavations in advance of gravelextraction and located a linear ditch which may be a continuation of theDrayton Cursus. A ring ditch which cut the linear ditch was also recorded(PRN 5382, 8468; SU 491947).SWALCLIFFEExcavation for a new fishpond in the valley bottom 200m. SE of LowerLeaFarm and approximately 100m. below known Romano-British buildings, thedragline sectioned a timber lined well (PRN 10,986,SP 391383). The well wasexamined by John Steane and John Rhodes of the Oxfordshire Department ofMuseum Services and Richard Chambers of the Unit. The well was 2m deep anddrew its water from a band of peat; both the well and the peat stopping atthe underlying hard natural clay. In plan the well was approximately 0.8m. sq.,with a stake driven into the natural clay at each corner to retain sawn plantshuttering. The shuttering had been drilled with a pattern of 20cm. diameterholes to allow a free flow of water. In sectioning the well the dragline hadremoved almost the entire fill of the well and no dating material remained.Several sawn and jointed pieces of building timber and a wooden waterchannel came from the nearby surface of the peat about lm. below the presentof the overlying alluvium. A sample of the timber has been submittedby the Museum to AERE Harwell for Carbon 14 dating.Two fragments of Romano-British pottery came from the alluvium immediatelyabove the peat.TETSWORTH, AttingtonAttington deserted medieval village lies in the Parish of Tetsworth(PRN 855, centred on SP 701018). The village was first mentioned in Domesday -and was still surviving in the mid Cl5th when a terrier shows the consolidation