DOCUMENT NO 411 February 2020

DAT PRN 118211

A.P.A.C. Ltd.
Archaeological Perspectives Analysis Consultancy

ARCHAEOLOGICAL WATCHING BRIEF

WB/HSH/18
29 High Street, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, SA61 2BW

Pembrokeshire County Council

Planning Application No: 17/0866/PA

By: Dr N Phillips.
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ARCHIVE COVER SHEET

Site Name: 29 High St, Haverfordwest, SA61 2BW

Site Code: WB/HSH/18

PRN: 118211

Other Ref No: PCC: 17/0866/PA

NGR: 195327 215597

Site Type: Commercial

Project Type: Archaeological Watching Brief

Project Officer: Dr Neil Phillips

Project Dates: 2018-2020-

Location of Original Archive: APAC. Ltd

Location of duplicate Archives: DAT (HER) & RCAHMW

Copyright: APAC. Ltd

Restrictions to access: None

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Summary

This report documents an Archaeological Watching Brief undertaken during ground

disturbance associated with planning application 17/0866/PA; creation of three
apartments and proposed rear extension to 29 High Street, Haverfordwest,
Pembrokeshire.

The associated works where located within the historic core of the medieval town of
Haverfordwest in an area formally laid out as burgage plots.

Previous work in the area by DATFS in 2005 revealed complex features likely
associated with medieval and post-medieval occupation.

The watching brief revealed the property to have been 19thc, built directly onto solid
geology; possibly an infill of an existing accessway between buildings, with a small
coal cellar to the front.

Mae’r adroddiad hwn yn dogfennu Gorchwyl Gwylio Archeolegol a wnaethpwyd

yn ystod gwaith torri tir yn gysylltiedig â chais cynllunio 17/0866/PA; creu tair
fflat ac estyniad arfaethedig y tu ôl i 29 Stryd Fawr, Hwlffordd, Sir Benfro.

Lleolir y gweithiau cysylltiedig o fewn craidd hanesyddol tref ganoloesol

Hwlffordd mewn ardal a osodwyd allan yn ffurfiol fel lleiniau bwrdais.

Datgelodd gwaith blaenorol yn yr ardal gan DATFS ym 2005 nodweddion

cymhleth a ymwnâi, mae’n debyg, â phreswylio canoloesol ac ôl-ganoloesol.

Datgelodd y gorchwyl gwylio fod yr eiddo’n dyddio i’r 19eg ganrif, wedi’i
adeiladu yn unionsyth ar ddaeareg solet; o bosibl yn llenwi mynedfa oedd yn bod
eisoes rhwng adeiladau, gyda seler lo fechan yn y blaen.

Copyright Notice:
A.P.A.C. Ltd. retains copyright of this report under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988.

The Ordnance Survey has granted A.P.A.C. Ltd a Copyright Licence (No. 100046577) to reproduce map information; Copyright remains
otherwise with the Ordnance Survey.

Cover photograph: IMG_6849 General internal view at start of archaeological work.

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Contents

Contents............................................................................................................................................... 4
Figures ................................................................................................................................................. 5
Plates ................................................................................................................................................... 5
Appendices .......................................................................................................................................... 5
1. Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 6
2. Location of the Site .................................................................................................................. 6
3. Topography & Geology ........................................................................................................... 6
4. Brief archaeological and historical background ....................................................................... 6
5. Aims and Objectives ................................................................................................................ 8
6. Procedures ................................................................................................................................ 8
7. Results ...................................................................................................................................... 9
8. Interpretation .......................................................................................................................... 10
9. Archive ................................................................................................................................... 11
10. Staff .................................................................................................................................... 12
Bibliography and References: ........................................................................................................... 13
Copyright....................................................................................................................................... 13

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Figures

01 Site Location map

02 Historic asset map
03 Map progressions: 3a, 1819, 3b 1887, 3c, 1908
04 Plan view of ground floor
05 Plan view shop area & trenches

Plates
01 Derelict shop front with display, 3 storeys with iron advertising bracket. Backing remains of Cornice,
console, console bracket, leaded transom, pilasters, pedestal and iron air vents.
02 Detail of leaded transom and carved frame
03 Detail of leaded transom with carved frame and console bracket
04 Detail of console bracket
05 Detail of leaded transom and fan light above door, right
06 General site on arrival. Gutted with poor lighting
07 Remains of stub wall, context 002
08 Finds assemblage from Phase 1. Not retained
09 Cleared surface, contexts 002, 003, 005
10 Cleared surface, contexts 002, 003, 005
11 Cleared surface, contexts 002, 003, 005 bedrock exposed
12 Western end of wall 002
13 Drain at pillar
14 Position of pillar [202], stub wall [209], floorboard [211]
15 Pillars [201] & [202] left (north), Flagstone [206] survival over [207]. Finer fill [208] limited to NE
corner
16 Position of pillar [202], stub wall [209], floorboard [211]
17 Detail of stub wall [209]
18 Detail of pillar [203] with stub wall [209] and remains of floorboard ( bottom left) and board recess
19 Foundation trench to west of door, Pillar [201] rubble fill [200] and isolated slate base? [212]
20 Overview: Position of pillar [202], stub-wall [209], floorboard [211] & [203] [201]

Appendices
01 Context with Harris Matrix
02 Digital Photograph list

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1. Introduction

i. This Archaeological Watching Brief report has been prepared by Dr Neil Phillips, APAC Ltd, in response to a
planning application for the creation of three apartments and a proposed rear extension to the property at 29
High Street, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, SA61 2BW; planning application, reference number 17/0866/PA.

ii. Dyfed Archaeological Trust (DAT), in their capacity as archaeological advisors to Pembrokeshire County
Council (PCC) planning department, had advised that a watching brief was to be carried out during all intrusive
groundworks associated with the proposed development

iii. The approved planning application carried the following condition regarding archaeology:

No development shall take place until a qualified and competent archaeologist has submitted a
written scheme of investigation (WSI) for approval in writing by the local planning authority.
This WSI will describe the different stages of the work and demonstrate that it has been fully
resourced and given adequate time. On behalf of the local planning authority, their
archaeological advisors (DAT DM) will monitor all aspects of this work through to the final
discharging of the condition. This work will not be deemed complete until all aspects of the WSI
have been addressed and the final report submitted and approved.

Reason: To protect the historic environment interest and satisfy the requirements of policy
GN.38 from the LDP adopted February 2013’

iv. As part of the archaeological condition APAC Ltd, prepared the written scheme of investigation, (WSI), detailing
the mitigation process for the proposed watching brief.

v. The WSI; (WSI:WB/CBP/18), was written, submitted and approved by (PCC), with the work arranged to
commence on the 21st January 2018.

2. Location of the Site

i. The site is located within the built-up urban centre of the town of Haverfordwest at 29 High Street (NGR SM
195327 215597 at aOD25m, figure 01).

3. Topography & Geology

i. Haverfordwest is situated at the upper tidal reaches of, and crossing point of the River Cleddau, which
separates the town proper on the west bank from the suburbs on the east.

ii. High Street rises steeply from the western side of the bridge giving access to the upper reaches of the town.

iii. Haverfordwest occupies spurs of Portfield and Haverford mudstone (BGS 2020) with the site on the
southernmost of the two.

4. Brief archaeological and historical background

i. The foundation of the castle and town of Haverfordwest date from the early Norman period, c.1100, and was
largely the work of the first Earl of Pembroke, Gilbert de Clare. Significant numbers of Flemish immigrants
were encouraged to take up residence within the town under royal direction (Soulsby, 1983).

ii. The town was granted a borough charter by William Marshall, Earl of Pembroke between 1189 and 1219,
though it was not until the 13th century that this insignificant community assumed any developed urban
character. After a murage grant was obtained in 1264 the castle was rebuilt in stone and the borough enlarged,
as well as being encircled by defensive walls. (Soulsby, 1983).

iii. The enlarging of the borough in the 13th century expanded the size of the initial Norman settlement four-fold.
It now spread to the south over the course of the ‘Schitrikislake’, a stream which flowed through the town
between the bounds of the Norman settlement and the line of High Street. After its 13th century expansion,

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medieval Haverfordwest was consequently a town of significant proportions with as many as 360 burgesses in
1324.

iv. In the 16th century a valuable coastal trade developed with Bristol in brass and pewter, and this appears to have
been a particularly prosperous period in the history of the borough; however, the silting of the Cleddau and
many deaths from plague over the next hundred years checked any further expansion (Soulsy, 1983).

v. Inspection of the Historic Asset Map; figure 02, shows the greater section of Haverfordwest town to be situated
within the conservation area.

vi. Situated to the north of 29, Highstreet is the scheduled ancient monument; (SAM) of Haverfordwest castle;
Cadw ref; PE366.

vii. Information found on the Castleswales.com website suggests “The castle stands on a superb, naturally
defensive position at the end of a strong isolated ridge with a sheer cliff to the east”.

viii. The castle is thought to be first established by Gilbert De Claire, earl of Pembroke in the mid-12th century”.
Ibid. With it being converted from a probable earth and timber construction, to stone one by 1220.

ix. The information also states that the castle was “acquired by Queen Eleanor (wife of Edward the I) in 1289, who
immediately began building there on a large scale”. (Ibid), much of the remaining masonry is thought to date
to this period of construction.

x. According to the information gleaned, the Castle was the turned into a prison in the 18th century, this information
in itself would suggest the town to be thriving from Medieval to current times.

xi. The historic asset map, figure 02, also details many grade II listed buildings centred around the castle.

xii. Within a 50-metre radius; centred around the current site. and along the High Street, there are total of 15 such
buildings, the majority of which being late 18th to 19th century Georgian town houses, listed for their surviving
Georgian and Victorian architectural importance, (see below),

Cadw Ref Name Date

12116 No:12 Late 18th/19th
12117 No:14 19th
12118 No: 22 Mid 18th
12119 No: 24 18th/19th
87092 No: 26 19th
12120 No: 32 19th
12122 No: 36 & 38 18th
12102 No: 09 18th/19th and earlier 16th
12103 No: 13 19th
87096 No: 17 19th
12105 No: 19 19th
12106 No: 21 19th
87097 No: 23 19th
12107 No: 35 18th
15672 No: 41 19th

xiii. NB, Cadw ref:12102, although the building features much the same way as the other buildings listed above, it
is of specific interest due to its cellar and some of the original timber framed structure of an earlier building;
which is thought to be one of the only surviving examples left in Haverfordwest.

xiv. Also, the cellar listing records the possibility of fragmental remains of a medieval sculpture.

xv. Unfortunately, the historic asset map, figure 02 doesn’t offer any information regarding No 29; noting a vacant
gap between listed buildings, at its location.

xvi. The 1819 first series, ordnance survey map of Haverfordwest; “Vision of Britain”, figure 03a, depicts the town
as built up to the south of the castle.
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xvii. The map, allowances made for artistic license and quality, does show the placement of what is now High Street,

and buildings can be seen lining both the northern and southern boundaries of the street.

xviii. On the 1899 map, figure 03b, the town has undergone some observable change, with many of the areas becoming
built-up; presumably a result of population increase.

xix. High street itself has been developed with buildings covering both northern and southern sides of the street.

xx. The mapping now shows a building occupying the space where No 29 currently resides, and it is worth noting
the retention of outlined burgage plots associated with each property; possibly owing to their placement in the
medieval period.

xxi. There also appears to be small patches of land between the back of buildings, including number 29, possibly
marking space between buildings or small internal courtyards/gardens.

xxii. Little has changed by the 1908 map, figure 03b; one significant change being the small
patches/gardens/courtyards mentioned above, are no longer apparent on the map.

xxiii. Until recent times, the building has been a commercial property featuring a traditional late 19th/early 20th c
design.

xxiv. Remains of this can be seen in PL01; taken in 2017, the remains of the frontage can be seen, whilst the shop
windows have been decorated with images of a women’s clothing shop, (C. Cheeseman,
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6009810).

NB: The sale board in the photograph went up in July 2010.

xxv. An APAC Ltd, site visit in March 2018, recorded some detail of the façade, prior to redevelopment: PL02,
PL03, PL04, PL05.

xxvi. None of the external features remained at the start of the watching brief and the front had been boarded over to
make it secure.

xxvii. The frontispiece, image IMG_6849, shows the internal view of the gutted building with the boarded-up front of
the shop at the rear.

5. Aims and Objectives

i. The aims of an archaeological watching brief, as defined by the chartered Institute of Field Archaeologists
(CIFA, 2014) are:

• To ensure that any buried remains located within the development area are fully investigated and recorded
if revealed as a consequence of the site works;
• To provide an opportunity for the archaeologists present to signal to all interested parties, before the
destruction of the material in question, that an archaeological find has been made for which the resources
of the watching brief itself are not sufficient to support treatment to a satisfactory and proper standard;
• If such a find is made, representatives of both the client and the regional Development Control
Officer/County Archaeologist will be informed and a site meeting organised, as appropriate.
• The watching brief also ensured that: in the event of archaeological resources of significance, being
discovered and requiring treatment beyond the remit of the watching brief, that steps would be implemented
to ensure that their treatment would be undertaken within the standards recommended by the CIFA

ii. The findings of this programme of work will be used to inform future proposed work at the site

6. Procedures

i. As the site is on a public access route, the contractor had secured the area with boarding and had fitted
appropriate signage; as per Health and Safety guidelines.

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ii. The already limited internal area was hampered by the need for periodic removal of accumulated spoil, for
which access led through the secured frontage onto the main thoroughfare, which itself had limited parking.

iii. All of the work was undertaken under artificial lighting kindly made available by the contractor.

iv. Before the watching brief took place, all internal structure had been removed as it was deemed unsafe,
therefore, there was already a certain amount of necessary surface disturbance, PL06 & PL07.

v. The ground disturbance work observed under the watching brief, was undertaken in two phases as dictated by
the building project.

vi. The first phase, 12th/13th December 2018, was conducted to the rear of the property and concerned the removal
of the ground surface between the two adjacent buildings in order to prepare for a new floor.

vii. The second phase 12th and 19th August 2019 focused to the front of the building where a deep foundation was
required to stabilise the three-storey frontage of the property.

viii. All excavation was undertaken by hand; the work observed under archaeological supervision.

ix. A photographic record of the ground disturbance was kept using high resolution digital cameras with images
recorded as both high res jpg & tiff.

x. Each photograph contains a scale where possible and its detail recorded on site in a photographic register.

xi. Contexts were recorded on pro-forma sheets and listed in an index register.

xii. Drawings were made on graph paper to appropriate scale and recorded in the site register.

xiii. A few non-significant, 19th/20th c finds occurred during the excavation of phase one, PL08 but these were
not retained.

xiv. Phase 2 yielded five 20th c embossed glass bottle tops and some coal fragments, again these were not retained.

7. Results

All contexts are denoted with (#) and cross referenced with appendix I, (context list and Harris matrix) & II,
(Photographic list). Plates are denoted by PL## and cross referenced with appendix II Photographic list.

Phase 1, rear of Property

i. As stated above, 6.iv, demolition of upstanding fabric to the rear of the property and the internal soft strip was
undertaken prior to the commencement of the watching brief works, PL06 & PL07.

ii. The watching brief commenced during reduction of ground level and excavation of foundation trenches within
the rear room of the property at 29 High Street, Haverfordwest, figure 4.

iii. Removal of internal partitions and floor levels within the rear of the property showed an area of black/brown
silt overburden (001) measuring approximately 4x5m, PL09.

iv. Excavation through this layer was undertaken by hand; it was found to be up to 0.15m deep and overlay the
patchy/fragmentary remains of a lime mortar floor surface (003) with occasional coal flecks.

v. This, in turn, directly overlay the natural bedrock (005), PL10, which had been cut flat to form a level surface.

vi. Located above mortar floor (003) and bedrock (005) was a thin (0.25m) wall foundation (002), PL11, crossing
the rear room on an east to west alignment.

vii. This was approximately 4m in length, 0.2m in height, and was constructed of small, lime mortar bound, stone
blocks.
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viii. The remnants of a timber beam, PL12, were observed across the surface of the wall (002), suggesting its use
as either a floor joist support or an earlier internal timber partition within the rear of the property.

ix. A 19th century drain cut [004], with in situ ceramic drain (006), PL13, was noted cut into the natural bedrock
(005); running parallel with the base of the structure’s western wall.

x. This remained unexcavated as it was below the required formation depth.

xi. Hand cleaning of the natural bedrock across the area of the watching brief revealed no further features cut into
its surface.

xii. After initial inspection of foundation trench excavation, it was clear that only natural bedrock was being
removed with no likely impact on any archaeological features.

xiii. Small amounts of animal bone, along with modern ceramic and glass, PL08, was recovered from within
overburden deposit (001).

xiv. As these were all modern in date, they were not retained to form part of the archive.

Phase 2, front of Property

xv. Excavation at the front of the building was located along the ‘shop front’ wall, which as can be seen from PL01,
was mostly a façade of glass and wood.

xvi. The whole upper storeys were on a timber lintel across masonry posts, (removed before they could be recorded,
safety issue) and probably the cause of the building’s instability.

xvii. The proposed solution to stabilise the building was to replace the front wall with a stable foundation; hence the
two excavation trenches each side of the door.

xviii. A localised portion of terrazzo floor, (205), was removed prior to the watching brief, which gave access for the
excavation to begin.

xix. Beneath the terrazzo floor was a 750/800mm depth of rubble backfill (200), PL14, which contained early to
mid-20th c material; embossed glass tops & some ceramic sherds.

xx. On the eastern side of the doorway, the excavation revealed two masonry pillars (201) and (202) with an
intervening space of just over 1m providing access under the pavement, (203), outside of the shop front.

xxi. The sub pavement area had been backfilled with rubble to a similar depth, but no attempt was made to investigate
it as it was outside of the site boundary and could de-stabilise the pavement and possibly road.

xxii. At a depth 800mm from the terrazzo floor level a partial flagstone floor (206), PL15, was uncovered at the base
of pillar (201).

xxiii. At the eastern pillar, (202), a single width, PL16, three course, PL17, brick and masonry wall, (209), provided
a base for timber floorboards (211), PL18 (extreme left of brick wall).

xxiv. Within the void created by building’s eastern wall, pillar (202), brick wall (209) and rubble fill (200) PL16, was
a black deposit of fine coal dust (208).

xxv. The flagstone remains (206) were lifted and shown to have been lain on bedrock (210).

xxvi. The trench to the west of the door had no features and was entirely filled with rubble (200) on natural degraded
bedrock (210), with on isolated slab of slate, (212) at the limit of excavation, PL19.

8. Interpretation

i. Inference based on the map progressions above would suggest that the building was an infill of an earlier space,
sometime close the end of the 19th century.

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ii. This may help to explain the lack of any significant foundations both internally and to the rear of the building;
wall-plates and beams sitting directly on the degrading bedrock.

iii. At the front of the building, the masonry and brick pillars exposed, at sub floor level, , PL20, were used to
support the a main lintel across the width at first floor level (obscured by building stabilization work at the time
of the watching brief).

iv. The masonry pillars extended beyond the excavation trench depth, which bottomed at 1m.

v. However, between the supporting pillars on the west there was no evidence of an outside wall to the road, whilst
on the east there was a wall towards the bottom and a partial slope outward to the road, PL20.

vi. As there was evidence of a flag floor, and possible wooden floor, it can be concluded that the building had some
sort of a cellar; furthermore, the coal dust, sloped wall and position to the pavement would confirm its use as a
coal cellar.

vii. No further work to excavate beyond the rubble fill was done so there was no opportunity to investigate the
extent of the cellar, any access way, or indeed its relationship to the underlying bedrock.

9. Archive
i. As the archive has no artefacts, digital copies of the report; following current published guidance, will be
deposited with the following:

HER DAT:

http://www.dat.org.uk/her/downloads/Guidance%20for%20the%20Submission%20of%20Data%20to%20Welsh
%20HERs.pdf

RCAHMW:
https://rcahmw.gov.uk/wp-content/.../RCAHMW-Guidelines-for-Digital-Archives.pdf

ii. The original archive will be retained by A.P.A.C. Ltd.

iii. The project archives will consist of all original records, and all documentation that relates to the watching
brief; copies of the WSI and any relevant correspondence will be included.

iv. The archives will be prepared according to the Management of Archaeological Projects, English Heritage,
MoRPHE V1.2 (2015) so the records will be fully ordered and indexed.

v. The archives will be deposited within twelve months of the completion of the watching brief and with the
agreement of the landowner.

vi. A synopsis of the project will be submitted to CBA Wales.

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10. Staff

i. Dr Neil Phillips, A.P.A.C. Ltd, managed the project, undertook the second phase of fieldwork and report
production.

Dr N. Phillips has been active in archaeology since 1997, completing his 1st degree in
1999 followed by a research PhD in 2004. Dr Phillips started, and has been director of
A.P.A.C. Ltd since 2004.

A.P.A.C. Ltd is an archaeological consultancy specialising in landscape archaeology and

survey work. Dr Phillips interests lie locally with the medieval period and industrial
period although he has been involved in international Palaeolithic projects both in the UK
as well as Europe and Africa. Scibd currently carries a range of archaeological projects
completed by APAC Ltd (search APAC. Ltd or Dr N Phillips).

ii. APAC. Ltd has current Public Liability and Professional Indemnity Insurance with Towergate, (924765101
CHC).
iii. The initial first phase fieldwork was undertaken by Mr A Shodbrook a locally based archaeologist.

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Bibliography and References:

APAC, LTD Written scheme of investigation: WSI: WB/HSH/18 29 High Stret, Haverfordwest,
Pembrokeshire.

Chartered Institute for

Archaeologists, (CIFA). Standard and Guidance for an archaeological watching brief. 2014.

Code of Conduct and the Code of Approved Practice for the regulation of
Contractual Arrangements in Field Archaeology. 2008.

Standard and Guidance for the collection, documentation, conservation and

research of archaeological materials. 2014.

English Heritage Management of Archaeological Projects (2015).

(Historic England)

RCAHMW. National Standard and Guidance to Best Practice for Collecting and Depositing
Archaeological Archives in Wales, 2017

Soulsby, I. 1983. The Towns of Medieval Wales. Phillimore & Co. Ltd, Chichester

The Welsh
Archaeological
Trusts. Guidance for the Submission of Data to the Welsh Historic Environment Records
(HERs) 2018

Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

Online sources http://maps.nls.uk

https://magic.defra.gov.uk/
https://googlemaps.co.uk
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/data/mapViewers/home.html
Cheeseman, https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6009810

Copyright

i. A.P.A.C. Ltd will retain full copyright of any reports and specialist reports, under the Copyright, Designs and
Patents Act of 1988 with all rights reserved.

ii. A.P.A.C. Ltd hereby gives permission for the monitoring authority to use any documentation directly relating
to the project as described in this Report

A.P.A.C. Registered Address: Wyastone Estate, Wyastone Leys, Monmouth, NP25 3SR.
Tel: 07734962919. Mobile: 07734962919 Email: [email protected]
Company Registration No 5041541 VAT Reg No 826 3628 19
Director: Dr. N. Phillips D.Phil. BA (Hons). Cert Ed/FE. MCIFA.

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Exposed bedrock (005) with lime mortar floor (003) remnants above

New Build Wall

Cut of drain [004]

New Build Wall

Line of wall (002)

New Build Wall

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(204)
BT

(210)

High Street
(205)

(200)
(203)
Ground floor

(201)

(210) (206)
(209) (211)

(208)
GV
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Fig 5: Phase 2 excavation plan at front of building.

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© Copyright Colin Cheesman and licensed

for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Derelict shop front with display,

3 storeys with iron advertising
bracket.

Backing remains of Cornice,

console, console bracket, leaded
transom, pilasters, pedestal and
iron air vents.

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Detail of leaded transom and

carved frame

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Detail of leaded transom with

carved frame and console bracket

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Detail of console bracket

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Detail of leaded transom and fan

light above door, right

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General site on arrival. Gutted

with poor lighting

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Remains of stub wall, context 002

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Finds assemblage from phase 1

18th/19th c not retained

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Cleared surface, contexts 002,

003, 005

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Cleared surface, contexts 002,

003, 005

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Cleared surface, contexts 002,

003, 005 bedrock exposed

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Western end of wall 002

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Drain at pillar

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Site excavation limit prior to arrival.

Rubble fill [200], masonry pillar left,
west [201], Partial pillar remains east
[202] pavement base to north, [203]
(204)
BT and east wall of building [204] right.
(210)
High Street

(205)

(200)
(203)
Ground floor

(201)

(210) (206)
(209) (211)

(208)
GV
(202)

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Pillars [201] & [202] left (north),

Flagstone [206] survival over [207].
Finer fill [208] limited to NE corner

(204)
BT

(210)
High Street

(205)

(200)
(203)
Ground floor

(201)

(210) (206)
(209) (211)

(208)
GV
(202)

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Position of pillar [202], stub wall

[209], floorboard [211]

(204)
BT

(210)
High Street

(205)

(200)
(203)
Ground floor

(201)

(210) (206)
(209) (211)

(208)
GV
(202)

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Detail of stub wall [209]

(204)
BT

(210)
High Street

(205)

(200)
(203)
Ground floor

(201)

(210) (206)
(209) (211)

(208)
GV
(202)

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Detail of pillar [203] with stub wall

[209] and remains of floorboard
( bottom left) and board recess

(204)
BT

(210)
High Street

(205)

(200)
(203)
Ground floor

(201)

(210) (206)
(209) (211)

(208)
GV
(202)

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Foundation trench to west of door,

Pillar [201] rubble fill [200] and
isolated slate base? [212]

(204)
BT

(210)
High Street

(205)

(200)
(203)
Ground floor

(201)

(210) (206)
(209) (211)

(208)
GV
(202)

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Overview: Position of pillar [202],

stub-wall [209], floorboard [211]
& [203] [201]

(204)
BT

(210)
High Street

(205)

(200)
(203)
Ground floor

(201)

(210) (206)
(209) (211)

(208)
GV
(202)

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Appendix 1 – Context Catalogue

Internal Watching Brief

No. Type Description Provisional

Date
001 D Black/brown silty clay overburden C19-20
002 S Linear internal wall/timber floor support C20
003 D Patchy lime mortar floor deposits C19-20
004 C Cut of linear post-medieval drain channel C19-20
005 D Natural bedrock Natural
006 D Fill of cut [004] – PM drain channel C19-20

200 D Rubble backfill some embossed glass early to mid 20th century C20
201 S Masonry support pillar west, subsurface, lime mortared and rendered C19
202 S Masonry support pillar west, subsurface, lime mortared and rendered C19
203 S Pavement C20
204 S Eastern wall C18
205 S Terrazzo floor C20
206 S Flagstone floor C19
207 D Base to floor NA
208 D Isolated black, fine grain fill NA
209 S Stub wall for floorboards 210 C19-20
210 N Natural bedrock (degraded) Natural
211 S Wooden floorboard remains C19-20
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Photo ID View Description Photographer Date of Compiled by Date Plate

facing photograph
Derelict shop front with display, 3 storeys with iron advertising bracket. Backing remains of Cornice,
P1180166 S console, console bracket, leaded transom, pilasters, pedestal and iron air vents. C. Cheesman 28/09/2017 Dr N Phillips 01/02/2020 PL01

P1180810 S Detail of leaded transom and carved frame Dr N Phillips 13/03/2018 Dr N Phillips 01/02/2020 PL02
P1180811 S Detail of leaded transom with carved frame and console bracket Dr N Phillips 13/03/2018 Dr N Phillips 01/02/2020 PL03
P1180816 S Detail of console bracket Dr N Phillips 13/03/2018 Dr N Phillips 01/02/2020 PL04
P1180817 S Detail of leaded transom Dr N Phillips 13/03/2018 Dr N Phillips 01/02/2020
P1180819 S Detail of leaded transom and fan light above door, left Dr N Phillips 13/03/2018 Dr N Phillips 01/02/2020
P1180820 S Detail of leaded transom and fan light above door, right Dr N Phillips 13/03/2018 Dr N Phillips 01/02/2020 PL05
P1180821 S Detail of fan light Dr N Phillips 13/03/2018 Dr N Phillips 01/02/2020

6847 S General site on arrival. Gutted with poor lighting, partial E/W stub wall A Shodbrook 12/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019
6848 S General site on arrival. Gutted with poor lighting A Shodbrook 12/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019 PL06
6849 N General site on arrival. Gutted with poor lighting A Shodbrook 12/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019
6852 E Remains of stub wall, context 002 A Shodbrook 12/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019
6853 E Remains of stub wall, context 002 A Shodbrook 12/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019 PL07
6854 S Cleared surface, contexts 002, 003, 005 A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019 PL09
6855 S Cleared surface, contexts 002, 003, 005 A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019
6856 E Cleared surface, contexts 002, 003, 005 A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019
6857 E Cleared surface, contexts 002, 003, 005 A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019 PL10
6858 N Cleared surface, contexts 002, 003, 005 bedrock exposed A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019
6859 N Cleared surface, contexts 002, 003, 005 bedrock exposed A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019 PL11
6860 S Cleared surface, contexts 002, 003, 005 A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019
6861 E Cleared surface, contexts 002, 003, 005 A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019
6862 N Cleared surface, contexts 002, 003, 005 A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019
6863 E Close up of bedrock cut, context 002 A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019
6864 N Close up of bedrock cut, context 002 A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019
6865 N Remains of wall plate on stub wall, context 002 A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019
6866 N Remains of wall plate on stub wall, context 002 A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019
6867 N Western end of wall 002 A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019 PL12
6868 E Western end of wall 002 A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019
6869 E Western end of wall 002 A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019
6870 S View south along 19th/20th c drain A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019
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Photo ID View Description Photographer Date of Compiled by Date Plate

facing photograph

6871 N Drain at pillar A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019 PL13

6872 E Bedrock, context 003 A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019
6873 E Bedrock, context 003 A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019
6874 N Bedrock, context 003 A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019
6875 N Bedrock, context 003 A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019
6876 N Bedrock, context 003 A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019
6877 E Bedrock, context 003 A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019
6878 E Bedrock, context 003 A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019
6879 E East wall, blocked in access A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019
6880 E East wall, blocked in access A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019
6881 W West wall, blocked in access A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019
6882 W West wall, blocked in access A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019

6883 E Bedrock under stub-wall 002 A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019

6884 E Bedrock under stub-wall 002 A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019
6885 E Bedrock under stub-wall 002 A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 C.E.Smith 29/04/2019
6888 Finds assemblage A Shodbrook 13/12/2018 N.Phillips 01/08/2019 PL08

Site excavation limit prior to arrival. Rubble fill [200], masonry pillar left, west [201], Partial pillar
IMG-0941 N remains east [202] pavement base to north, [203] and east wall of building [204] right. N. Phillips 01/08/2019 N.Phillips 01/08/2019
IMG-0942 NE Terrazzo floor [205] foreground, position of excavation and front of building on the high street N. Phillips 01/08/2019 N.Phillips 01/08/2019 PL14
Partial pillar [202] and east wall [204] which is lime plastered sub surface. Base fill [208], less grey
IMG-0943 E and finer than [200] N. Phillips 01/08/2019 N.Phillips 01/08/2019
IMG-0944 E Detail of east pillar [202] construction. Pavement base [203] left N. Phillips 01/08/2019 N.Phillips 01/08/2019
Detail west pillar, [201], masonry with infill of brick top north on slate leveller. Atop flagstone floor
IMG-0945 W [206] over compacted lime ash, [207], some flecks/ patches of coal. N. Phillips 01/08/2019 N.Phillips 01/08/2019

IMG-0946 V Pillars [201] & [202] left (north), Flagstone [206] survival over [207]. Finer fill [208] limited to NE corner N. Phillips 01/08/2019 N.Phillips 01/08/2019 PL15
IMG-0947 N Overview of first excavation. Possible coal cellar. N. Phillips 01/08/2019 N.Phillips 01/08/2019
Stub wall [209] south of pillar [202] and just off parallel to east wall [204], Fill of [208] of degraded
IMG-0948 E bedrock [210]. Note straight edge for floorboards [211] (extreme left) N. Phillips 12/08/2019 N.Phillips 15/08/2019
IMG-0949 E Detail of stub wall [209] N. Phillips 12/08/2019 N.Phillips 15/08/2019 PL17
IMG-0950 E Position of pillar [202] and stub wall [209] N. Phillips 12/08/2019 N.Phillips 15/08/2019
IMG-0951 E Detail of pillar [203] with stub wall [209] and remains of floorboard ( bottom left) and board recess N. Phillips 12/08/2019 N.Phillips 15/08/2019 PL18
IMG-0952 V Position of pillar [202], stub wall [209], floorboard [211] N. Phillips 12/08/2019 N.Phillips 15/08/2019 PL16
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PRN:
Digital Photographic Record Project No:.411............Project code..WB/HSH/18.....

Photo ID View Description Photographer Date of Compiled by Date Plate

facing photograph
IMG-0953 V Position of pillar [202], stub wall [209], floorboard [211] N. Phillips 12/08/2019 N.Phillips 15/08/2019
IMG-0954 V Position of pillar [202], stub wall [209], floorboard [211] & [203] [201] N. Phillips 12/08/2019 N.Phillips 15/08/2019
IMG-0955 N Overview: Position of pillar [202], stub-wall [209], floorboard [211] & [203] [201] N. Phillips 12/08/2019 N.Phillips 15/08/2019 PL20
IMG-0956 E Overview: Position of pillar [202], stub-wall [209], floorboard [211] & [203] [201] N. Phillips 12/08/2019 N.Phillips 15/08/2019
IMG-0957 N Overview: Position of pillar [202], stub-wall [209], floorboard [211] & [203] [201] N. Phillips 12/08/2019 N.Phillips 15/08/2019
IMG-0958 V Detail Pillar [202] stub wall [209] and floorboard [211] N. Phillips 12/08/2019 N.Phillips 15/08/2019
IMG-0959 NE Overview: Pillar [202] stub wall [209] and floorboard [211] N. Phillips 12/08/2019 N.Phillips 15/08/2019
IMG-0960 NE Detail Pillar [202] stub wall [209] and floorboard [211] N. Phillips 12/08/2019 N.Phillips 15/08/2019
IMG-0961 NE Overview of finished foundation trench N. Phillips 12/08/2019 N.Phillips 15/08/2019
IMG-0962 V Foundation trench to west of door, Pillar [201] rubble fill [200] and isolated slate base? [212] N. Phillips 12/08/2019 N.Phillips 15/08/2019 PL19
N. Phillips 12/08/2019 N.Phillips 15/08/2019
102639 V Exposed floorboard [211] 300 mm wide N. Phillips 12/08/2019 N.Phillips 15/08/2019
102706 E Exposed floorboard [211] 28 mm thick N. Phillips 12/08/2019 N.Phillips 15/08/2019
102725 V Base for floorboards [211] on stub-wall [209] set in lime mortar N. Phillips 12/08/2019 N.Phillips 15/08/2019
102833 E Height of stub wall [209] 350mm above [207] N. Phillips 12/08/2019 N.Phillips 15/08/2019
102935 E Detail of floorboard [211] in setting of pillar [202], note plank edges each side N. Phillips 12/08/2019 N.Phillips 15/08/2019
102946 E Detail of positions for Pillar [202] against wall [203] and base fill [210] behind [209] N. Phillips 12/08/2019 N.Phillips 15/08/2019
103037 N View along stub wall [209] towards floor plank [211] N. Phillips 12/08/2019 N.Phillips 15/08/2019
103055 NE Detail of joint between pillar [202] and east wall [204] N. Phillips 12/08/2019 N.Phillips 15/08/2019
105424 V Overview of foundation trench 1 N. Phillips 12/08/2019 N.Phillips 15/08/2019
Extent of stub wall [209] beyond limit of external wall and under pavement. End not reached at
120417 NE 450mm N. Phillips 12/08/2019 N.Phillips 15/08/2019
120432 NE Detail of floor plank [211] N. Phillips 12/08/2019 N.Phillips 15/08/2019
120445 NE Detail of floor plank [211] N. Phillips 12/08/2019 N.Phillips 15/08/2019
120457 V Position of Pillar [202], wall [209] and floorboard [211] N. Phillips 12/08/2019 N.Phillips 15/08/2019