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Monument Type(s):

• BUILDING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• GRANGE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Summary

Sturctural remains uncovered during an evaluation may relate to the pre-C14 Abbey grange, as well as later Benedictine retreat.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds:

Description

1) A field evaluation located to W of site of Beneditine retreat of Cumnor Place, a quadrangular complex of early C14, which succeeded an earlier grange held by Abingdon Abbey. Evaluation recovered wall footings and structures that appear to relate to the pre-C14 abbey grange; then this grange was demolished to make way for the C14 Bendictine complex. The potential for pre-C14 archaeological remains surviving beneath the construction and demolition layers here is therefore high. A potential ground surface dated to the C11 & C12 also appears to have survived, at least to the W of the C14 building. Good potential for artefact assemblage from deposits directly associated with structures encountered, as well as environmental deposits.

<1> Oxford Archaeology, 2006, Cumnor Parish Cemetery extension, Cumnor, Oxfordshire: Archaeological Evaluation Report (Unpublished document). SOX1688.

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