| Title: |
Tewitfield Viking Treasure Find Site, Lancashire. Assessment Report |
| Number of Pages: |
65 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
A find of Viking (early 10th century) silver metalwork was made by a metal detecting enthusiast in late 1997 in a recently ploughed field. Two clusters of Bronze Age and Roman finds had also been located towards the south of the same field. A geophysical survey, undertaken by English Heritage, revealed potentially significant resistivity anomalies in close proximity to the reported find spots, and raised the possibility of the finds being associated with a buried feature. An evaluation was required to provide an archaeological context for the treasure find, which would inform a Coroner's inquest into the significance and provenance of the silver and allow for the management of a potentially very important archaeological resource. Evaluation trenches were excavated across the most significant geophysical anomalies, but all were found to be of natural origin. A recent former field boundary and a modern feature were recorded, but no significant features were located and no further Viking artefacts were recovered. The evaluation demonstrated that the silver finds were not associated with any burial, settlement or major structure of Viking age. [Au(adp)] |
| Author: |
Richard Heawood
Christine L E Howard-Davis
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| Publisher: |
Lancaster University Archaeological Unit
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| Year of Publication: |
1998
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Viking Early 10th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1998
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: TEWITFIELD VIKING TREASURE FIND SITE
Study area:
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Lancaster
Monument: FIELD BOUNDARY. Post-medieval (1540-1901), PIT. Modern (1901-present), [finds]. Modern (1901-present), [finds]. Post-medieval (1540-1901)
Ngr: SD51367372
Parish: Warton, Priest Hutton
Postcode: LA5 9RH
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
18 Jan 2009 |
