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Coton House (Areas C2-C6) Rugby

Warwickshire

Archaeological Evaluation

for Coton House Rugby Ltd

CA Project: 660661 CA Report: 16150

Site Code: COTH16

May 2016

DRAFT

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Coton House (Areas C2-C6)

Rugby Warwickshire

Archaeological Evaluation

CA Project: 660661 CA Report: 160150 Site Code: COTH16

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This report is confidential to the client. Cotswold Archaeology accepts no responsibility or liability to any third party to whom this report, or any part of it, is made known. Any such party relies upon this report entirely

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Coton House (Phases C2-C6), Rugby, Warwickshire: Archaeological Evaluation

CONTENTS

SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................... 2

1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 3

2. SITE BACKGROUND ......................................................................................... 4

3. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ................................................................................... 6

4. METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................... 6

5. EVALUATION RESULTS ................................................................................... 7

6. DISCUSSION ..................................................................................................... 8

7. CA PROJECT TEAM .......................................................................................... 10

8. REFERENCES ................................................................................................... 11

APPENDIX A: CONTEXT DESCRIPTIONS .................................................................... 13

APPENDIX B: OASIS REPORT FORM........................................................................... 14

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Fig. 1 Site location plan, 1:25,000

Fig. 2 Trench location plan, showing actual and postulated location of the moat 1:1000

Fig. 3 General view of Trench 2, looking north

Fig. 4 Modern truncation into the geology in Trench 4, looking north

Fig. 5 General view of Trench 12, looking south-east

Fig. 6 Area C6 following re-machining of the stripped surface, looking north-west

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SUMMARY

Project Name: Coton House

Location: Rugby, Warwickshire

NGR: SP 5180 7946

Type: Evaluation

Date: 7-14 March 2016

Planning Reference: Rugby Borough Council R12/1353

Location of Archive: Warwickshire Museum

Site Code: COTH16

In March 2016, Cotswold Archaeology carried out an archaeological evaluation at Coton

House, Rugby, Warwickshire. The evaluation was commissioned by Coton House Rugby Ltd

and was undertaken prior to the residential development of Areas C2-C6, which form part of

a wider development scheme at the Coton House Estate.

The evaluation demonstrated that the areas between the recently demolished 20th-century

buildings had undergone widespread disturbance, with layers of recently deposited made-

ground overlying the geological substrate. However, truncation was generally minimal and if

archaeological remains had been present they would have been encountered in the trial

trenches.

With the exception of two modern pits, no archaeological remains were encountered and

there were no finds in the excavated deposits, other than modern material.

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1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 In March 2016, Cotswold Archaeology (CA) carried out an archaeological evaluation

at Coton House, Rugby, Warwickshire (site centred on NGR: SP 5180 7946; Fig. 1).

The evaluation was commissioned by Coton House Rugby Ltd and was undertaken

prior to the residential development of Areas C2-C6, which form part of a wider

development scheme at the Coton House Estate (Areas C1-C9 and BHH1-BHH3;

Fig 2).

1.2 Four separate planning applications have been submitted to Rugby Borough Council

(RBC), the local planning authority, for the overall development at Coton House; the

current stage of evaluation relates to planning application R12/1353 Hybrid and

fulfils the requirement for a programme of archaeological evaluation of the part of

the site covered by this application (Condition 33). The area covered by the Hybrid

application has been divided into eight phases (C1–C6 and BHH1–BHH2), five of

which are the subject of this report (Phases C2–6); archaeological evaluation of

Phase C1 was completed in 2015 (CA 2015a) and Areas BHH1 and BHH2 were not

suitable for evaluation.

1.3 The site has been subject to two previous stages of evaluation, undertaken by

Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA 2014) and CA (CA 2015a); the current

evaluation has targetted areas in Phases C2–C5 that were not accessible when the

earlier evaluations were undertaken. The scope of the current evaluation was set out

in a Written Scheme of Investigation prepared by CA (2016), following consultation

with Anna Stocks, Warwickshire County Council’s Planning Archaeologist (WCCPA),

archaeological advisor to RBC.

1.4 This report also includes the results of the archaeological monitoring of the

remachining of Area C6, which was carried out by CA in February 2015. This area

was formerly a car park that had been stripped of its tarmac surface and sub-base

prior to agreement of the evaluation strategy with WCCPA.

1.5 The project was carried out in accordance with the WSI and abided by the Chartered

Institute for Archaeologists’ Standard and Guidance for Archaeological Evaluation

(CIfA 2014) and the Historic England (formerly English Heritage) procedural

documents Management of Archaeological Projects 2 (EH 1991) and Management

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of Research Projects in the Historic Environment (MoRPHE): Project Manager’s

Guide (HE 2015).

2. SITE BACKGROUND

Site location, topography and geology 2.1 The site is located within the grounds of Coton House, off the A426 Rugby to

Lutterworth road, approximately 4.5km to the north-north-east of Rugby town centre

(Fig. 1). It comprises a block of land to the west and south-west of the refurbished

18th-century house, which was until recently occupied by a complex of 20th-century

buildings and associated landscaping. The buildings were demolished in 2015 and

much of the area has undergone ground remediation prior to redevelopment. The

ground is generally flat and lies at c. 129m above Ordnance Datum (aOD).

2.2 The solid geology of the site comprises Jurassic mudstone of the Charmouth

Mudstone Formation (BGS 2016). The bedrock is overlain by extensive superficial

deposits of the Oadby Member, comprising unstratified and poorly-sorted deposits of

glacial till (diamicton).

Archaeological background 2.3 The site has been the subject of a desk-based assessment carried out by PJO

Archaeology (2009), from which the following summary has been taken.

Prehistoric 2.4 The earliest known site in the vicinity is a possible Bronze Age barrow, located c.

300m to the south-west of the site (MWA2780). It is shown on the First Edition

Ordnance Survey map as a tumulus, although the HER suggests that alternatively it

may be the remains of a medieval windmill mound (WSP 2009). A Middle Bronze

Age cremation cemetery and pits have been investigated nearby, approximately

400m to the south-east of the supposed barrow, prior to the construction of industrial

units on the south side of the M6 Motorway (MWA7953 and MWA 10312; NA 2001).

The remains of a Late Iron Age settlement were investigated at the same site (MWA

10314).

Roman 2.5 There are no known Roman settlement sites in the vicinity, although finds dating to

the Roman period have been found in the general area, suggesting that there is

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some potential for Roman remains to be present. The route of Watling Street, the

Roman road from London to Wroxeter (Viriconium), passes within 700m of the site’s

eastern boundary.

Medieval 2.6 The origins of the medieval hamlet of Coton or Cotes, the site of which lies

immediately to the south of the M6 Motorway, dates to the late Saxon period (mid-

10th century). At this time it comprised a complex of rectangular and square

enclosures, possibly focussing on a sub-circular mound located in the south-eastern

part of the site. The date of the mound is uncertain, but it was used in the post-

medieval period as a windmill tump.

2.7 The hamlet, which derived its name from the Middle English word for ‘cottages’ (low-

status dwellings), was part of the parish of Churchover and is first mentioned in a

charter of 1206 (NA 2000). Following an initial gift of parish land to Combe Abbey in

the late 12th century by Robert de Wavre, the abbey gained further land within the

parish and by the end of the 13th century Coton was the largest of the abbey’s

granges outside the three home farms. It is likely that the grange buildings were

located on or near the site of Coton House. Excavation at the site indicates that the

hamlet was abandoned at the end of the 13th century (NA 2001) and the land was

eventually turned over to park land.

Post-medieval and modern 2.8 In 1551, following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the estate was purchased by

William Dixwell, who built a moated manor house at Coton, either on the site of or

incorporating elements of the former grange buildings. In 1757, on the death of Sir

William Dixwell, the estate passed to his nephew William Dixwell Grimes, whose son

Abraham Grimes demolished the early manor house and built the current Coton

House. This was built in 1787 to designs by the architect Samuel Wyatt and it

remained in private hands until 1948, when it became an apprentice hostel and then

a management training centre. The house, a Grade II* Listed building, was severely

damaged in a fire in 2010 and is currently being renovated.

2.9 The stable block, a Grade II Listed building, is broadly contemporary with the main

house; with the exception of the house it is the only building within the site to date

from the late 18th century (CA 2015b). It comprises three two-storey ranges

arranged around a courtyard, with the principal range facing to the north-west.

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2.10 The geophysical survey (NA 2013) and evaluation (MOLA 2014) of the site

undertaken by MOLA (formerly NA) identified the remains of a walled garden and

located the south-eastern section of the moat, which was c. 6m wide and over 1.2m

deep. A brick revetment against the outer face of the moat was dated to the 18th

century, suggesting that the moat was refurbished when Coton House was built in

the late 1780s; this section of the moat had probably silted up by the late 19th/early

20th century and was eventually backfilled. The water-filled north-western section

and northern corner of the moat are still extant.

2.11 The evaluation of Area C1, carried out by CA in December 2014, revealed the

foundations of glasshouses and ancillary buildings to the south-west of the main

house (CA 2015a). These foundations included a large conduit or flue topped by

substantial limestone slabs, which may be the remains of an underfloor heating

system associated with the glasshouses.

3. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

3.1 The objectives of the evaluation, as stated in the WSI (CA 2016), were to provide

information about the archaeological resource within the site, including its

presence/absence, character, extent, date, integrity, state of preservation and

quality, in accordance Standard and guidance: Archaeological field evaluation (CIfA

2014). This information will enable RBC, as advised by WCCPA, to identify and

assess the particular significance of any heritage asset, consider the impact of the

proposed development upon it, and to avoid or minimise conflict between the

heritage asset’s conservation and any aspect of the development proposal, in line

with the National Planning Policy Framework (DCLG 2012).

4. METHODOLOGY

4.1 The fieldwork comprised the excavation of ten trenches (1.9m wide and between 20-

30m in length, totalling 245 linear metres) in the locations shown in Figure 2. The

original trenching scheme had been for fourteen trenches (350 linear metres), but it

was not possible to access Area C2 (Trenches 6, 7 and 10) due to ground

contamination identified by the principal contractor and Trench 3 could not be

excavated as the area had already been stripped for development (no

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archaeological features were noted in this area). The locations of Trenches 2, 11

and 14 in area C3-C5 were altered on the ground due to live services, spoil heaps

and modern intrusive works already undertaken prior to trenching.

4.2 Trenches were set out on OS National Grid (NGR) co-ordinates using Leica GPS

and surveyed in accordance with Technical Manual 4: Survey Manual (CA 2014).

The trenches were excavated using a 360-degree mechanical excavator equipped

with a toothless ditching bucket. All machine excavation was undertaken under

constant archaeological supervision to the top of the first significant archaeological

horizon or the geological substrate, whichever was encountered first. Where

archaeological deposits were encountered they were excavated by hand in

accordance with Technical Manual 1: Fieldwork Recording Manual (CA 2007).

4.3 Deposits were assessed for their palaeoenvironmental potential in accordance with

Technical Manual 2: The Taking and Processing of Environmental and Other

Samples from Archaeological Sites (CA 2003); no deposits were encountered that

were suitable for sampling. There were no finds.

4.4 The archive from the evaluation is currently held by CA at their offices in Milton

Keynes and will be deposited with Warwickshire Museum on completion of the

project. A summary of information from this project, as set out within Appendix B, will

be entered onto the OASIS online database of archaeological projects in Britain.

5. EVALUATION RESULTS

Areas C2–C5

5.1 The fieldwork comprised the excavation of ten trial trenches (Fig. 2) that were

positioned to investigate areas that had not been accessible during earlier phases of

evaluation (MOLA 2014; CA 2015a). To avoid digging through areas of recently

prepared made-ground, where any archaeological remains would likely have been

entirely truncated, the trenches were located in the areas between the sites of now-

demolished modern buildings. Area C2 was not accessible due to ground

contamination. With the exception of two modern pits in Trenches 5 and 8, no

archaeological features were encountered in any of the trenches. Modern service

trenches were identified in five trenches (Trenches 2, 8, 12, 13 and 14).

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5.2 The geological substrate, which was largely consistent across the site, comprised

light yellowish-brown to mid orangey-brown silty clay. In Areas C3 (Trench 1) and

C4 (Trenches 2 and 8) the geological substrate was sealed by modern made-

ground, ranging between 0.10m and 0.45m thick, although remnant subsoil was

noted in Trench 2 (Fig. 3).

5.3 In Area C5 (Trenches 4, 5, 9, 11–14), which covered the southern part of the site,

there was generally far less disturbance, although in Trenches 4 and 5 the

geological substrate had been truncated to a depth of c. 0.3m (Fig. 4). In Trenches

9 and 11–14 the geological substrate was overlain by mid orangey-brown silty clay

subsoil, sealed by a greyish-brown silty clay topsoil (Fig. 5). Due to site constraints

(trees, shrubs, access roads etc.) it was not possible to position a trench over the

postulated line of the moat in this area.

Archaeological monitoring in Area C6 5.4 Prior to the start of the archaeological investigation of the site by CA, the area of the

former car park in Area C6 had been stripped to a depth of c. 0.5m with the removal

of the tarmac surface and sub-base. The stripped surface had subsequently

weathered and been colonised by weeds. As this location was in an archaeologically

sensitive area adjacent to the north-western section of the moat and had not been

subject to evaluation, it was agreed with WCCPA that the area would be

mechanically cleaned back and stripped to the level at which archaeological features

could be identified.

5.5 In February 2015, under archaeological supervision, the surface was cleared of

weeds and leaves to reveal that subsoil remained in situ across much of the area,

although it was extensively truncated and had been reduced from c. 0.25m to 0.05m

thick. In places the geological substrate, comprising mid yellowish-brown silty clay,

had been exposed. To determine if archaeological remains were present beneath

the subsoil, the remnant layer of subsoil was removed but no archaeological

features or deposits were encountered.

6. DISCUSSION

6.1 Previous archaeological investigation of the site (NA 2013; MOLA 2014; CA 2015a)

had found no evidence for any remains associated with Coton Abbey’s medieval

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grange or for any medieval activity within the site, although the area where such

remains are most likely to be have been located, beneath or close to Coton House,

were not accessible for trenching or lay beyond the boundary of the development

area. The findings of the current evaluation were consistent with those of the earlier

investigations in finding no evidence for activity on the site prior to the late post-

medieval period.

6.2 Due to site constraints it was not possible to excavate trenches across the

postulated line of the moat at the south-eastern edge of the site. The moat, which

was probably dug for William Dixwell in the mid-16th century to surround the manor

house he had built on or close to the site of the grange, had been located in Trench

1 of the MOLA evaluation. Partial excavation of this feature revealed a probable

18th-century revetment wall against its outer slope, suggesting that the moat had

been partly refurbished when Coton House was built in the late 1780s (MOLA 2014).

It subsequently silted up and was probably backfilled in the early 20th century when

a sewer was installed along its length. The north-western section and northern

corner of the moat can still be seen as a water-filled channel to the north of the 18th-

century stable block.

6.3 The precise site of the medieval grange and the 16th-century manor house are

uncertain and no evidence for either has been found within the moated enclosure by

any of the phases of evaluation. The revised edition of William Dugdale’s Antiquities

of Warwickshire, which dates to 1817 (first published in 1730), suggests that they lie

near but not under Coton House: ‘Near the site of the ancient pile, long known

residence of the Dixwell family, is a handsome stone mansion on elevated ground

with views over picturesque parts of Northamptonshire and Warwickshire’. Given the

scale of modern development at the site in the 19th and 20th centuries, particularly

to the west of Coton House, it is likely that any remains of the grange and manor

house, if present in this area, would have been destroyed.

6.4 Although the site had undergone extensive modern disturbance associated with the

demolition of the 20th-century buildings that until recently occupied the central area,

the areas between the former buildings targetted by the current evaluation were not

truncated to any depth so if archaeological remains had been present, they would

have been encountered in the trial trenches. However, no archaeological remains

were encountered in any of the trenches and the results are consistent with those of

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the pre-demolition evaluation undertaken by MOLA, which found no archaeological

remains in the central area.

7. CA PROJECT TEAM

7.1 The fieldwork was undertaken by Julian Newman, assisted by Alice Ambalino, Anna

Moosbauer, Rebecca Pritchard and Andrew Whelan. The report was written by

Julian Newman, with illustrations prepared by Leo Heatley. The archive has been

compiled by Emily Evans and prepared for deposition by Hazel O’Neill. The project

was managed for CA by Simon Carlyle.

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8. REFERENCES

BGS (British Geological Survey) 2016 Geology of Britain Viewer

http://maps.bgs.ac.uk/geology viewer_google/googleviewer.html March 2016

CA (Cotswold Archaeology) 2015a Coton House, Rugby, Warwickshire:

Archaeological Evaluation, CA Report No. 15026

CA (Cotswold Archaeology) 2015b The Stable Block, Coton House, Rugby,

Warwickshire: Historic Building Recording Survey, report 15103

CA (Cotswold Archaeology) 2016 Coton House, Rugby, Warwickshire: Written

Scheme of Investigation for an Archaeological Watching Brief

DCLG (Department of Communities and Local Government) 2012 National

Planning Policy Framework

Dugdale, W, 1730 Antiquities of Warwickshire, revised edition 1817

MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) 2014 Archaeological trial trench

evaluation of land at Coton House, Rugby, Warwickshire, report 14/54

NA (Northamptonshire Archaeology) 2000 Excavation of the Deserted Medieval

Village of Coton at Coton Park, Rugby, Warwickshire, 1998: Assessment Report

and Updated Project Design

NA (Northamptonshire Archaeology) 2001 Excavation of the Deserted Medieval

Village of Coton at Coton Park, Rugby, Warwickshire 1998

NA (Northamptonshire Archaeology) 2013 Archaeological geophysical survey of

land at Coton House, Rugby, Warwickshire, report 13/153

PJO (Patrick Ottaway Archaeology) 2009 Coton House, Warwickshire;

Archaeological Desk-top Assessment.

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WSP (WSP Environmental Ltd) 2009 Archaeological desk-based assessment of

Rugby Urban Expansion

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APPENDIX A: CONTEXT DESCRIPTIONS

Context Type Context Interpretation

Context Description L (m)

W (m)

D/T (m)

Trench 1 101 Layer Geology Mid orange brown silty clay >0.46

Trench 2 200 Layer Made ground Dark grey brown silty clay with frequent brick,

concrete, stone, plastic and metal inclusions 0.32

201 Layer Subsoil Mid grey brown, silty clay, compact 0.15 202 Layer Geology Mid orange brown silty clay >0.51 203 Cut Modern service Vertical cut, flat base >1.9 0.45 0.4 204 Fill Modern service Redeposited made ground deposit >1.9 0.45 0.4

Trench 4 400 Layer Made ground Dark grey brown silty clay with frequent brick,

concrete, stone, plastic and metal inclusions 0.4

401 Layer Made ground Layers of mixed gravels 0.25 402 Layer Geology Mid orange brown silty clay >0.65

Trench 5 500 Layer Made ground Mid grey brown, silty clay, compact, with

frequent brick and stone inclusions throughout 0.31

501 Layer Geology Mid orange brown silty clay >0.31 Trench 8

800 Layer Made ground Mid grey brown, silty clay, compact, with frequent brick and stone inclusions throughout

0.5

801 Layer Geology Light yellow brown silty clay, compact >0.5 Trench 9

900 Layer Topsoil Dark grey brown silty clay, compact 0.18 901 Layer Subsoil Mid grey brown silty clay, compact 0.14 902 Layer Geology Mid orange brown silty clay >0.32

Trench 11 1100 Layer Topsoil Dark grey brown, silty clay, compact 0.15 1101 Layer Made ground Mid grey brown, silty clay, compact, with

frequent brick and stone inclusions throughout 0.18

1102 Layer Subsoil Mid orange brown silty clay 0.18 1103 Layer Geology Light orange brown silty clay >0.33

Trench 12 1200 Layer Topsoil Dark grey brown silty clay, compact 0.22 1201 Layer Subsoil Mid orange brown silty clay 0.19 1202 Layer Geology Light brown orange silty clay >0.41

Trench 13 1300 Layer Topsoil Mid brown grey silty clay compact 0.24 1301 Layer Subsoil Mid orange brown silty clay, firm 0.3 1302 Layer Geology Light brown orange silty clay >0.54 1303 Cut Modern service Stepped cut, flat base >2.2 0.5 0.3 1304 Fill Modern service Dark grey brown silty clay >2.2 0.5 0.1 1305 Fill Modern service Light grey brown silty clay >2.2 0.3 0.2

Trench 14 1400 Layer Made ground Mid grey brown, silty clay, compact, with

frequent brick and stone inclusions throughout 0.24

1401 Layer Made ground Compact crushed brick rubble 0.16 1402 Layer Subsoil Mid orange brown compact silty clay 0.1 1403 Layer Geology Light brown orange silty clay >0.5 1404 Cut Modern service Vertical cut, flat base >1.9 0.6 >1 1405 Fill Modern service Dark grey brown silty clay, compact >1.9 0.6 0.25 1406 Fill Modern service Light brown orange silty clay >1.9 0.6 0.2 1407 Fill Modern service Pea gravel >1.9 0.6 >0.1

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APPENDIX B: OASIS REPORT FORM

PROJECT DETAILS Project name Coton House (Areas C2-C6), Rugby, Warwickshire Short description

The evaluation demonstrated that the areas between the recently demolished 20th-century buildings had undergone widespread disturbance, with layers of recently deposited made-ground overlying the geological substrate. However, truncation was generally minimal and if archaeological remains had been present they would have been encountered in the trial trenches. With the exception of two modern pits, no archaeological remains were encountered and there were no finds in the excavated deposits, other than modern material.

Project dates 7th-14th March 2016 Project type Field evaluation Previous work Desk-based Assessment (PJO 2009); geophysical survey (NA

2013); evaluation (MOLA 2014); evaluation (CA 2015a) Future work Unknown Monument type None Significant finds None PROJECT LOCATION Site location Coton House, Rugby, Warwickshire Study area 10.2ha Site co-ordinates SP 5180 7946 PROJECT CREATORS Name of organisation Cotswold Archaeology (CA) Project Brief originator - Project Design (WSI) originator CA Project Manager Simon Carlyle (CA) Project Supervisor Julian Newman (CA) PROJECT ARCHIVE Content Physical Warwickshire Museum None Paper Site records Digital Warwickshire HER Report, digital photos BIBLIOGRAPHY CA (Cotswold Archaeology) 2016 Coton House (Areas C2-C6), Rugby, Warwickshire: Archaeological Evaluation. CA typescript report 16150

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3 General view of Trench 2, looking north (2m scales)

4 Modern truncation into the geology in Trench 4, looking north-east (1m scale)

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5 General view of Trench 12, looking south-east (2m scales)

6 Area C6 following re-machining of the stripped surface looking north-west

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