| Title: |
Wing to Whatborough Trunk Main. Interim Report & Post-Excavation Assessment and Project Design (Report No 97/137) |
| Number of Pages: |
75 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
Excavations were undertaken at selected sites along the Water Pipeline, which covered an approximately 30m wide easement, over 13km from Wing, Rutland to Whatborough, Leicestershire. All the recorded sites, numbering ten in total, were located along a 7km ironstone ridge running east-west on the southern side of the River Chater, in the Parishes of Launde, Leighfield, Ridlington, and Preston. A rare early prehistoric knapping site of Late Glacial or Early Post Glacial date was excavated at Launde (Site 1). A pit containing microliths, small blades, and blade-cores of probable later Mesolithic date was excavated at Ridlington (Site 5) .A pit containing Bronze Age pottery was excavated in Ridlington, (Site 3) to the east of two postbuilt roundhouses of Bronze Age or Iron Age date, (Site 2). Further areas of Iron Age settlement were excavated in Ridlington (Sites 4, 5, 6, and 7) and Preston (Sites 8, 9, and 10). Boundary systems indicated by aerial photographs, including single and double ditch forms of probable Iron Age date, were found in Ridlington and Preston, (Sites 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10). Two areas of clear Roman settlement were found in Ridlington, (Sites 3 & 5) and two areas adjacent to settlement (Sites 4 & 6). A number of possible structures and enclosures were recorded. Site 5 was notable for five ovens or kilns, the largest of which measured 3.8m long. A roundhouse recorded at Site 3 was Roman in date.Clear evidence of iron smelting was recorded in Ridlington at Sites 3 and 5. Quantities of tap and smelting slags were excavated from a number of features; the presence of in situ linings and in situ burning in some of these features (Site 3), and in situ slag deposits (Site 5) indicates that they were integral to the smelting process. [AIP] |
| Author: |
Matthew G Beamish
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| Year of Publication: |
No Date
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| Locations: |
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Wing Rutland |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Ridlington |
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River Chater |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Launde Leighfield Ridlington |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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EARLY PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
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| Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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| Later Mesolithic (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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| Early Post Glacial (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Late Glacial (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: WING TO WHATBOROUGH TRUNK MAIN
Study area:
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Harborough, Rutland UA, Walsall
Monument: STRUCTURE. Roman (AD43-410), PIT. Bronze Age, BOUNDARY. Iron Age, FLINT SCATTER. Mesolithic, DITCH. Iron Age, FLINT SCATTER. Upper Palaeolithic, [SMELTING SITE[. Roman (AD43-410), KILN. Roman (AD43-410), ROUNDHOUSE. Bronze Age, BUILDING. Roman (AD43-410),
Ngr: SK00890003, SK77500600, SK89500350
Parish: Tilton, Wing
Postcode: WS2 7BA, LE7 9DF, LE158RS
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
