Bargates medieval ditch and later occupation
Evaluation and salvage recording at Bargates documented medieval ditch evidence and later domestic occupation, including eighteenth- and nineteenth-century tenements.
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What this record tells us
Project P1183. Salvage recording following earlier evaluation (Event 1057441) located a series of 18th/19th century tenements. Funded by Greenacres Group plc.
Additional research and clarification, 26 September 2026 Evaluation and salvage recording at Bargates in 1994 provided evidence of the medieval town ditch and medieval and post-medieval domestic occupation. Buteux cites HWCM 21746 and Napthan and colleagues, 1994.
The existing ADS record describes salvage project P1183, which followed evaluation Event 1057441 and recorded eighteenth- and nineteenth-century tenements. These are related phases of work at the same site. Preserve the distinction between the medieval evidence summarised by Buteux and the later tenements highlighted in the ADS salvage record.
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Bargates medieval ditch and later occupation
Fieldwork · 1993–94
Evaluation and salvage recording at Bargates documented medieval ditch evidence and later domestic occupation, including eighteenth- and nineteenth-century tenements.
Source and further reading
Victoria Buteux, Archaeological assessment of Leominster, Hereford and Worcester, Central Marches Historic Towns Survey, report issued in the 1996 series; text based on the 1994 assessment and revised March 1995. Supplied PDF. Specialist contributions by Derek Hurst, Richard Morriss, Elizabeth Pearson and Paul Stamper.
Entry-specific references: S11 §§1.7, 3.1, 6.2; HWCM 12449, 19713, 21746, 21465
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