Title: |
An archaeological field evaluation (trial trenching) at 55 Oxford Street, Leicester (SK 5856 0393) |
Series: |
University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) unpublished report series
|
Downloads: |
universi1-173881_1.pdf (5 MB)
:
|
Download
|
|
Licence Type: |
ADS Terms of Use and Access
|
DOI |
|
Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
|
Abstract: |
An archaeological field evaluation (trial trenching) was carried out at 55 Oxford Street, Leicester (SK 5856 0393) by University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) between 19 February and 21 February 2014. Work was undertaken for HPL Global (Global Homes and Properties Ltd). Three machine excavated trenches, sampling 9% of the site, identified extensive areas of modern disturbance associated with the site's previous use as industrial premises. However, small islands of stratified soil and archaeology survived in all three trenches. In Trench 1, on the northern side of the site, a mid-late 2nd century Roman ditch and later medieval or early post-medieval pits were noted; features and soil layers in the other two trenches remained undated. The Roman ditch most likely formed part of a property extending east from the projected line of the Roman Tripontium road which should cross the site. It produced evidence for metal-working activity taking place in the immediate vicinity and one human bone found in the ditch fill may also indicate that there are human burials in the immediate area. One of the later medieval or early post-medieval pits produced 15th and 16th century pottery and large quantities of butchered animal bone, most likely representing the disposal of industrial or table waste in the backyards of properties fronting onto Oxford Street to the east. The archive will be held by Leicester City Museums under the accession number A5.2014. |
Author: |
Mathew G R Morris
|
Publisher: |
University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS)
|
Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Leicester City HER (OASIS Reviewer)
|
Year of Publication: |
2014
|
Locations: |
Site: |
55 Oxford Street |
County: |
Leicestershire |
District: |
Leicester |
Parish: |
LEICESTER |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 458560, 303930 (Easting, Northing)
|
|
Subjects / Periods: |
|
Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
universi1-173881 |
OBIB: |
ULAS Report 2014-049 |
|
Source: |
|
Relations: |
|
Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |