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#1 Oriel College Kitchen 1/6
An archaeological investigation by Oxford Archaeology at Oriel College appears to have resolved the125 year debate about a smaller ‘primary burh’ at Oxford, it also revealed parts of the old college kitchen.
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#2 Oseney Abbey, Gibbs Crescent 1/5
Excavations at Gibbs Crescent, Osney, by Oxford Archaeology revealed part of the medieval Augustinian Oseney Abbey precinct.
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#3 The Dominion Oils Site, Littlemore 1/6
Bede describes the grouping that occupied the Upper Thames zone around Oxford in the early 7th century as the Gewisse.
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#4 Trinity College Gardens 1/4
A new heat pump array in the gardens of Trinity College has involved a long narrow excavation by @UKTVAS that has revealed medieval features, early 18th c formal Dutch garden features & post-med waste/quarry pits.
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#5 Pusey Lane 1/4
An initial phase of excavation at Pusey Lane, by Oxford Archaeology, has recorded a circular feature that forms part of an arrangement of tree planting pits belonging to the garden layout of the Angevin Royal Palace of Henry I.
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