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Charlecote Park Car Park

Authors: Morgan, Bethany;

Charlecote Park Car Park

Abstract

An archaeological watching brief was undertaken during groundworks associated with an extension of the car park at Charlecote Park, Charlecote, on behalf of The National Trust. A large amount of brick and tile was found in the north-east corner of the site, as well as a variety of post-medieval finds including pottery, clay tobacco pipes and glass. These may be related to the former vicarage which once stood in this area. A brick surface was also revealed in the section of an excavated area under the modern car park surface, which likely dates from the 19th century or earlier. Five fragments of medieval pottery were recovered from the topsoil, which indicates medieval activity in this area. Burnt bone and charcoal was also found. Seven undated pits were revealed by the digging of a large drainage pit. Their purpose is unknown. A variety of post-medieval finds were recovered from the topsoil and subsoil layers, including pottery, glass, brick and tile and clay tobacco pipe. Five fragments of medieval pottery were recovered from the topsoil in the area of the site with medium archaeological potential. There were often surrounded by flecks of charcoal and fragments of animal bone (including burnt bone), so may have been deposits of food/cooking waste. This indicates medieval activity in this area. A small service trench was excavated in the north-east corner of the site, which was within the area of high archaeological potential. It contained well over 100 fragments of CBM. Six fragments of tile and two fragments of brick were recovered. They may be from the demolished remains of the vicarage that stood here until at least the late 18th century. Post-medieval finds including pottery, glass and clay tobacco pipe were also recovered from this area. The pottery dated from the 16th to the 19th/20th century. The 49 fragments of animal bone from this small area were likely related to the preparation of food, and included deer and sheep. The presence of deer bone is expected, as Charlecote Park is a deer park. A single-course red brick surface (20; Fig 6 and Fig 7; Photo 2) was observed in section directly below the modern car park layer 6. As this was in the area of high archaeological potential, it may be part of a path related to the former vicarage. The size of the bricks suggest they were likely of 18th-century date. Seven small pits (Fig 6 and Fig 7; Photo 3 and Photo 4) were observed in the northern area of the site (across the areas of low and medium archaeological potential). They were all similar in appearance, and did not contain any finds, therefore, their dates and purposes are unknown.

Keywords

Archaeology, Grey Literature

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