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Land at the Vale Academy, Grammar School Road, Brigg, North Lincolnshire, DN20 8BA ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION REPORT |
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Pre-Construct Archaeology (Lincoln) unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An archaeological evaluation consisting of six 20m x 2m trenches was undertaken on the northern part of the playing field at the Vale Academy, Brigg, North Lincolnshire, in order to inform a forthcoming planning application for major redevelopment and improvement works to the school site. The prehistoric archaeology of Brigg is densely concentrated around the river. Brigg sits at a natural ford of the River Ancholme, where a spur of sand and gravel juts into the river valley, forming an island of higher ground in the peat around the rivers edge. Two Bronze Age log boats and a wooden causeway of a similar date have been found in the peat at Brigg, and an occupation surface on the sand was found during works for the supermarket in the centre of the town. There was a high potential for further significant archaeological remains to be revealed in the peat and on the sand banks around the river. The evaluation encountered mixed windblown sands and alluvial silty-clays. Occupation layers sealed with peat were not encountered on the site and no discreet archaeological features were present. Results of the Borehole Survey presented evidence of 'increasing sea level and inundation from the Humber Estuary'. No evidence of peat was encountered, thus demonstrating standing water was not a persistent characteristic of this site. |
Author: |
B Wheeliker
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Publisher: |
Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited
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Other Person/Org: |
North Lincolnshire SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2015
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Locations: |
Parish: |
BRIGG |
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Land at the Vale Academy, Grammar School Road |
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Lincolnshire |
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North Lincolnshire |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 499967, 407981 (Easting, Northing)
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preconst3-208973 |
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Archaeological Evaluation Report
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Created Date: |
18 Aug 2017 |