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| HER Number | MWB15789 |
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| Record Type | Find Spot |
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| Name | In Speenhamland, Newbury |
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Summary
Post medieval material found in a pit on site of old doctor's surgery in Speenhamland, Newbury
Associated Legal Designations or Protected Status
- Conservation Area: Newbury Town Centre
Monument Type(s):
- PIT (18th century - 1701 AD to 1750 AD)
Full Description
Site not well documented - letter in WB Museum information file from Paul Cannon (prior to his appointment as Assistant Curator) telling Tony Higgott (newly appointed Curator) about development taking place on site of old doctor's surgery, on corner of Pelican Lane and London Road, August 1980. TH replied that he would arrange for someone to watch while developers started work. WB Museum has a tray of finds in its stores from a pit that was revealed. Finds include a bottle, ceramic material, clay pipes and bone - all dated as post-medieval - collected 3/10/1980?.
The Museum Accession Register <1> lists sherds, win bottle fragments, clay pipes and some bones from a site adjoining the rear of the old 'Pelican Inn' which was being developed for offices. Some items were excavated from a cesspit and others collected by site workers and the Museum curator.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Museum Curator. Newbury Museum Accession Records (West Berkshire Museum since 1998). 2022 WBC Network. NEBYM:1980.110-113.3. [Unpublished document / SWB14452] |
Related Monuments
| MWB3464 | SPEENHAMLAND, Newbury (Place) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
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