Lewis, C. and Ranson, C. (2014). Archaeological Test Pit Excavations in Great Bowden, Leicestershire, 2013 and 2014. University of Cambridge: Access Cambridge Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1034489. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological Test Pit Excavations in Great Bowden, Leicestershire, 2013 and 2014
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Series:		 Access Cambridge Archaeology unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 This report presents the results of a programme of archaeological excavation of 30 1m2 'test pits' in the Leicestershire village of Great Bowden carried out in summer 2013 and 2014. The programme was funded by the Heritage Lottery with the aim of engaging the local community in their heritage. Scores of people from the local area took part in the excavations which provided new evidence for the development of the area now occupied by the village from the prehistoric period onwards. This appears to have lightly used by humans in the prehistoric period, but in the Roman period two sites, one (near the later church) considerably larger than the other, were present underneath the present village footprint. No evidence was found for activity in the 5th -9th centuries AD, but finds of late Anglo-Saxon pottery, especially Stamford Ware, indicate a thriving settlement newly founded between the mid 9th- mid 11th centuries. The test pit data clearly show the settlement to have grown rapidly into a large and densely packed village which retained some dispersed character arranged around greens and ends after the 11th century. The settlement experienced relatively little decline after the 14th century, and expanded again in the post-medieval period. The excavations were carried out by members of Great Bowden Heritage and Archaeology Society and residents of Great Bowden with advice from Access Cambridge Archaeology using ACA's standardised excavation and recording methods. The site reports and background history were drafted in the first instance by members of Great Bowden Heritage and Archaeology Group and the final edited report with analysis of the results was prepared by Access Cambridge Archaeology.
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Author:		 Carenza Lewis ORCID icon
C Ranson
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Publisher:		 Access Cambridge Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Leicestershire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2014
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Site: Great Bowden
County: Leicestershire
District: Harborough
Parish: GREAT BOWDEN
Country: England
Grid Reference: 474562, 288800 (Easting, Northing)
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EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BRICK (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Object England)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) FLINT FLAKES (Find)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) FLINT FLAKES (Find)
EARLY NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) SCRAPER (TOOL) (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) JETTON (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) TILE (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) TILE (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) IRONSTONE SURFACE (Monus)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) STONE WALL FOUNDATIONS (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) TILE FLOOR SURFACE (Monus)
TEST PIT (Event)
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OASIS Id: accessca1-199596
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Note:		 A4, 201 pages, comb bound
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Created Date:		 01 Feb 2018