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Archaeological Geophysical Survey on Land South of Melton Mowbray, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, April 2008 |
Series: |
Northamptonshire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Northamptonshire Archaeology was commissioned by CgMs Consulting, on behalf of Pegasus Planning, to undertake a gradiometer survey across a proposed development area to the south of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. The survey covered all or part of 15 fields, totalling 53.6ha, identifying two foci of archaeological activity. To the east there was a large sub-rectangular enclosure containing three smaller enclosures and up to seven roundhouses. A further, exterior, circular enclosure was also detected. Three hundred metres to the west, survey identified an extensive system of overlapping ditches forming rectangular and sub-circular enclosures. Between the two foci was an area of possible industrial activity and a putative isolated roundhouse. Gradiometer survey also mapped the medieval ridge and furrow cultivation, and post-medieval field boundaries and land drains. |
Author: |
A Butler
I Fisher
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Publisher: |
Northamptonshire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Leicestershire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2008
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Locations: |
Site: |
Land south of Melton Mowbray |
Parish: |
MELTON MOWBRAY |
District: |
Melton |
County: |
Leicestershire |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 475000, 317200 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
northamp3-59768 |
OBIB: |
08/88 |
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Note: |
A4, blue spine, clear cover, heat bound
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Created Date: |
25 Nov 2016 |