Kitchen Basement, Exeter College, Oxford

In April 2005 Oxford Archaeology (OA) carried out an archaeological watching brief at Exeter College kitchen basement, Oxford (NGR SP 5145 0635). The work was commissioned by Montgomery Architects in respect of a general reduction of the basement floors and the excavation of two lift shafts. Eleventh to thirteeenth century walls and subsequent phases of rebuilding were uncovered within one of the lift shafts, and the other revealed the top of a stone built well. The remains of a brick archway and disturbed floor levels were also found.