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Medieval oven

Summary A Medieval oven was found during excavations in Bleachfield Street, Alcester.
What Is It?  
Type: Oven
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - Unknown)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Alcester
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 08 57
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 1972-3 excavation revealed features of Medieval date including an oblong oven and a number of shallow holes, perhaps intended for planting trees.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Excavations in the Bleachfield Street, Alcester, 1972,3 (SP088572)
Author/originator: Taylor, S J
Date: 1973
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technique excavation Archaeologists excavate sites so that they can find information and recover archaeological materials before they are destroyed by erosion, construction or changes in land-use.

Depending on how complicated and widespread the archaeological deposits are, excavation can be done by hand or with heavy machinery. Archaeologists may excavate a site in a number of ways; either by open area excavation, by digging a test pit or a trial trench.
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period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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monument OVEN * A brick, stone or iron receptacle for baking bread or other food in. back
monument FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back
monument BLEACHFIELD * Large field or yard used to lay fabrics out ready for bleaching. back

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