Under the Oracle

Daniel Poore, Ruth Shaffrey, Ben M. Ford, David R. P. Wilkinson

ISBN 10: 1905905270 / ISBN 13: 9781905905270

Published by Oxford University School of Archaeology, GB, 2013

About this Item

Excavations carried out by Oxford Archaeology in advance of the building of the Oracle shopping centre revealed a long sequence of development of the Kennet floodplain at Reading. This volume reports on the substantial evidence recovered for medieval and post-medieval water management, milling at the Minster Mill and St Giles Mill, the tanning, leather working and dyeing industries, and an unusual building interpreted as the 12th- to 13th-century cookhouse of Reading Abbey. The stories of two well-known Reading sites, the Oracle Workhouse and the Yield Hall, are followed from the medieval period up to the 19th century. Substantial specialist reports include pottery, glass, leatherworking, dendrochronology and clay pipes.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Under the Oracle
• Publisher: Oxford University School of Archaeology, GB
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1905905270
• ISBN 13: 9781905905270
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Excavations carried out by Oxford Archaeology in advance of the building of the Oracle shopping centre revealed a long sequence of development of the Kennet floodplain at Reading. This volume reports on the substantial evidence recovered for medieval and post-medieval water management, milling at the Minster Mill and St Giles Mill, the tanning, leather working and dyeing industries, and an unusual building interpreted as the 12th- to 13th-century cookhouse of Reading Abbey. The stories of two well-known Reading sites, the Oracle Workhouse and the Yield Hall, are followed from the medieval period up to the 19th century. Substantial specialist reports include pottery, glass, leatherworking, dendrochronology and clay pipes.

Review

...this is a valuable advance in the demystification of an English medieval town. (Brian Durham Medieval Archaeology, Vol. 57 (2013))