Exeter College, Oxford, Staircase 4 and 5 Basement Works Archaeological Watching Brief

In August and September 2000, Oxford Archaeology (OA) carried out an archaeological watching brief at Exeter College, Oxford (NGR SP 5150 0630). The work was commissioned by architects Howes, Allen and Montgomery on behalf of the college in advance of the installation of new drainage and associated manholes. The watching brief monitored the excavation of a number of inspection pits that cut through post-medieval strata containing both medieval and post-medieval pottery. Further finds of medieval and post-medieval pottery were recovered from a stratified layer recorded during a previous evaluation of the site.