Draft Bicester Conservation Area Appraisal November 2009

4. ArchaeologySituated on an ancient route and at a rivercrossing Bicester has a wealth ofarchaeological sites.001—Historic core and Saxon settlement areas,St Edburg’s church,Site of St Edburgh’s Augustinian Monastery–founded 1180s, 14th century dovecote,Site of St John’s Chapel associatedwith medieval hospital, Post medieval pits,Cemetery chapel 1861, Post medievalvicarage 16th century, Domestic buildinglisted, Post medieval pits and pottery,Post med bell foundry, Medieval churchyardcross, Medieval manor house,Chapel, Dovecote and fishpond, Medievalcauseway, Post medieval congregationalchurch 1728.002—medieval shrunken settlement andvillage green, site of medieval monasticgrange and manor house, post medievalmanor house on site of monastic grange,medieval settlement remains, AngloSaxon pottery.003—Roman Road, Towcester to Alcester004—Rectangular enclosures, trackways,pottery, coins, brooches, pins—suggestive of villa site.005—Ditched earthwork of unknown date006—Ring ditches of uncertain date,circular barrow007—Ring ditch, cropmarkFigure 6: Archaeological sites7