Thames Valley Archaeological Services Ltd

Annual Report 2006


Contents

Introduction

About TVAS

Staff list

TVAS Projects in calendar year 2006

Summary of projects by type and county

Staff news

Public access

Publications in calendar year 2006

Standards

Project details

Publications: full listing



INTRODUCTION

This, the fourth annual report Thames Valley Archaeological Services Ltd [TVAS] has produced, covers our activities in the calendar year 2006. Reports are produced each summer to cover the preceding calendar year.


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ABOUT TVAS

Thames Valley Archaeological Services was set up by Steve Ford in 1988 and is a medium sized archaeological field unit; we became a Limited Company in 1999. We have carried out over 1500 projects and produced around 1800 reports over these 18 years. These projects range from 1 person/day watching briefs to substantial area excavations involving a large team of excavation and post-excavation staff. Our corporate and individual experience is extensive and we undertake projects of all periods and site types. We produce reports for clients and for archive, and publish significant findings in local, regional and national learned (peer-reviewed) journals, as well as in our own refereed monograph series.


TVAS (Ireland) was established in April 2003, based in Ennis, Co. Clare and has expanded, undertaking several large infrastructural projects.

In 2006, 155 new projects were commissioned, while 157 client reports and 18 publication reports were produced from these or earlier projects (some commissioned projects have yet to reach reporting stage).


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STAFF LIST


Permanent Staff list as at May 2007

Director
Steve Ford BA PhD MIFA

Assistant Director
Jo Pine BA MIFA

Post-excavation Manager
Jennifer Lowe BA PIFA

Administrator
Jenny Diakow BA MA

Post-excavation Officer
Steve Preston BA MIFA

Project Officers Officers
Andrew Taylor BA AIFA
Sean Wallis BA
Andrew Weale BA

Archaeological Officers
Simon Cass BSc
Ceri Falys BSc MSc BABAO
Danielle MilbankBA

Illustrator
Andrew Mundin BSc PIFA

Archaeological Assistants
Natasha Bennett BA
James Haygreen
James Norbury BA
Andrew Lawler BA
David Platt BA

Archive Assistant
Kayleigh Harrison

TVAS Ireland
Graham Hull BA MIFA MIAI
Kate Taylor MA (Cantab) MIFA MIAI
Margaret McNamara MA

Pawel Kolacz
Joe McCooey
Adrian McCarthy
Aisling Mulcahy
Astrid Nathan
Jaime Parra Rizo
Fergal O'Shea
Kimberley O'Shea
Edel Ruttle BA

Also 46 Archaeololgical Assistants and Operatives


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TVAS PROJECTS

TVAS Projects by calendar year to 2006

TVAS Projects by type by year

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(Counted by number of reports: Note that several 2006 projects have not yet generated reports)

TVAS Projects in calendar year 2006

listed by project type then county

Key:

BS: Building Survey
CON: Consultancy
DS/ES: Desk-based Assessment or (contribution to) Environmental Assessment
EV: Field Evaluation
EX: Full Excavation
SV: Fieldwalking or Geophysical Survey
WB: Watching Brief

Summaries of results of all our fieldwork projects from 2006 can be found at the end of this report (Project details). Summaries are not provided for desk-based assessments, environmental statements or building surveys, nor for projects still running.



Project Code

County

Site Name

Type

03/60

Be

St Michaels Church Parish Rooms, Church Lane, Warfield

Ex

03/60

Be

St Michaels Church Parish Rooms, Church Lane, Warfield

BS

03/90

Be

Gower's Yard, 114a&116 High Street Eton

EV, WB

05/140

Be

160 Nine Mile Ride, Finchampstead

WB

06/03

Be

Wexham Park Hospital, Wexham

DS

06/05

Be

85-103 Queens Road, Reading

DS

06/07

Be

Orchard End, The Fisheries, Bray

WB

06/08

Be

Heatherwood Hospital, Ascot

DS

06/10

Be

Kidwells Park, Maidenhead

WB

06/11

Be

30-34 Oakfield Road, Cippenham, Slough

EV

06/110

Be

1 High Street, Maidenhead

EV

06/111

Be

Bishop's Close, Sonning Lane, Sonning

DS

06/113

Be

Signal house, Letcombe Street, Reading

EV

06/119

Be

Old Walls, Sonning Lane, Sonning

WB

06/120

Be

Leighton Park School, Shinfield Road, Reading

WB

06/122

Be

Little Gogs, Thames Valley Park, Reading

WB

06/124

Be

38 Rectory Road, Wokingham

EV

06/126

Be

Eyot Boat Center, Wargrave Road, Remenham

WB

06/127

Be

Yew Tree Farm, Part Lane, Swallowfield

WB

06/128

Be

Cippenham Phase 3, Slough

EV

06/13

Be

Bucknell House, The Old Lane, Coley, Reading

EV

06/130

Be

Fobney to Tilehurst Transfer (Water Main), Reading

DS

06/132

Be

Cedarcot, Lyefield Court, Emmer Green, Reading

EV

06/14

Be

Huntswood Farm House, Mill Lane, Hurley

WB

06/142

Be

Cricket Field Grove, Crowthorne

DS

06/142

Be

School Hill, Crowthorne

DS

06/142

Be

Lower Broadmoor Road, Crowthorne

DS

06/150

Be

5a Alexandra Road, Reading

WB

06/155

Be

land adj. to Setonfield, Whistley Green, Hurst

WB

06/23

Be

The Gateway, Fireball Hill, Sunningdale

EV

06/24

Be

15 Wellington Avenue, Reading

WB

06/25

Be

Titlarks House Cottage, Titlarks Hill Road, Sunningdale

WB

06/26

Be

New Cottage, Park Farm, West End Lane, Warfield

WB

06/27

Be

St Michael's Grange, Osborne Lane, Warfield

EV

06/28

Be

St Mary's church White Waltham, Maidenhead

EV

06/35

Be

Dove public house, Orts Road, Reading

EV

06/36

Be

Old Walls, Sonning Lane, Sonning

EV

06/39

Be

122 New Wokingham Road, Crowthorne

WB

06/40

Be

10 Longworth Drive, Maidenhead

EV

06/44

Be

Diddenham Court, Grazeley, Reading

WB

06/47

Be

Cottesbrook House, Bath Road, Colnbrook

WB

06/49

Be

7 Brookers Corner, Crowthorne

WB

06/53

Be

Glendower, Crowthorne Road, Bracknell

EV

06/54

Be

16 Brooklyn Drive, Emmer Green, Reading

WB

06/56

Be

Earsden, Mustard lane, Sonning

WB

06/57

Be

35 Coppermill Road, Wraysbury

WB

06/58

Be

Devil's Highway, Crowthorne

EV

06/62

Be

Wingate, High Street, Hurley

WB

06/63

Be

Meadway School, The Meadway, Tilehurst, Reading

EV

06/68

Be

Wescott Infants School, School Road, Wokingham

WB

06/69

Be

41 Hyde End Road, Shinfield, Reading

WB

06/70

Be

110-114 High Street, Maidenhead

DS

06/72

Be

New Footpath, Lodge Road, Hurst, Twyford

WB

06/74

Be

38-40 Oak Tree Road, Tilehurst, Reading

WB

06/82

Be

The Vicarage, 64 Friar Street, Reading

WB

06/84

Be

Highdown School, Emmer Green

EV, WB

06/85

Be

West Grey Lake, Part Lane, Risely

WB

06/90

Be

76-8 Chazey Road Caversham

WB

06/91

Be

Chavey Down Farm, Long Hill Road, Ascot

WB

06/93

Be

land off 6 Addington Road, Reading

WB

06/94

Be

St Andrew's Church Hall, Albert Road, Caversham

WB

06/98

Be

Buckingham Gateway, High Street, Slough

DS

04/36

Be

New Mast, Burghfield Road, Southcote, Reading

WB

05/116

Be

Berkyn Manor, Colnbrook

EV

05/30

Be

First Church of Christ Scientist, King's Road, Reading

WB

03/09

Bu

91-97 New Street, Aylesbury

EV

05/120

Bu

4 The Manor House, Oakley Road, Brill

WB

06/02

Bu

Wellesbourne Campus, Kingshill Road, High Wycombe

DS

06/135

Bu

Cholesbury new House, Parrots Lane, Cholesbury

WB

06/30

Bu

25-27 High Street, Marlow

EV

06/92

Bu

Kings Ride Cottage, The Square, Brill

WB

06/95

Bu

Verney Road, Winslow

EV

06/97

Bu

London Road West, Bury End, Amersham

DS

06/48