Corbett, G. S. and Dransfield, N. (2012). Hunts Lane, Desford, Leicestershire: Archaeological Evaluation Report. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1034904. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Hunts Lane, Desford, Leicestershire: Archaeological Evaluation Report
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Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by CgMs Consulting Ltd to undertake an archaeological field evaluation. The Site, centred on grid reference SK 471 032, is situated to the west of Desford village on the southern side of the B582 (Hunts Lane). The evaluation was required to inform proposals for residential development, for which outline planning permission (11/00029/OUT) has been granted. A programme of archaeological trial trenching was undertaken, primarily targeting anomalies identified by previous geophysical survey. Two features identified as furrows, in Trenches 6 and 7, roughly correlated with the location of two of the linear geophysical anomalies postulated as forming part of an enclosure. Evidence of ridge and furrow cultivation was observed across the Site. Desford is known to have medieval origins and the ridge and furrow most likely relates to the open field system which would have surrounded the village during this time. A very small number of finds were recovered during the evaluation. These comprised three sherds of 19th-20th pottery from topsoil, and a single abraded sherd of Romano-British pottery and an abraded fragment of ceramic building material (daub) from furrows. The abraded finds from the furrows are most likely residual in later contexts.
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Author:		 G S Corbett
N Dransfield
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Publisher:		 Wessex Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Leicestershire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2012
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Site: Hunts Lane, Desford
County: Leicestershire
District: Hinckley and Bosworth
Parish: DESFORD
Country: England
Grid Reference: 447100, 303200 (Easting, Northing)
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ROMAN (Historic England Periods) CERAMIC (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)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) RIDGE AND FURROW (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-159339
OBIB: 85460.02
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Created Date:		 01 Feb 2018