Burgess, A. and Swales, C. (2015). Land off Frearson Road, Coalville, Leicestershire, Archaeological Strip, Map and Excavation, Post Excavation Assessment. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1046945. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land off Frearson Road, Coalville, Leicestershire, Archaeological Strip, Map and Excavation, Post Excavation Assessment
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Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1046945
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 The excavation confirmed the presence of a substantial southwest to northeast aligned enclosure ditch as predicted by a previous geophysical survey. However, the earliest activity at the site may have been unenclosed and comprised a roundhouse built on stone foundations set in a ring gully. Middle Iron Age pottery and a beehive rotary quern were recovered from within the ring gully. A second ring gully to the east may have been contemporary and was possibly an ancillary enclosure or structure used for stock. The stone-footed roundhouse was superceded by two rebuilds on the same footprint. The relationship of these buildings with the enclosure is uncertain but it is suggested here that the two later roundhouses were enclosed. The enclosure extended beyond the limits of excavation but it was rectangular in plan with two visible entrances; one in each of the northern and southern sides of the enclosure.Two distinct phases for the southern side of the enclosure were identified but the chronological relationship could not be established. The environmental remains from the site are characteristic of general settlement waste and activities, and suggest the farmstead was set within grassland, field margins and arable environments. The value of this site lies largely in its contribution to mapping and understanding the local settlement pattern during the Middle Iron Age. This is the amplified by the scarcity of similar contemporary sites nearby.
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Author:		 A Burgess
Chris Swales
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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:		 2015
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Site: Land off Frearson Road
County: Leicestershire
District: North West Leicestershire
Parish: COALVILLE
Country: England
Grid Reference: 441850, 312830 (Easting, Northing)
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MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) BEEHIVE QUERN (Object England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) RING GULLY (Monus)
EXCAVATION (Event)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-220222
OBIB: 109900
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Created Date:		 05 Apr 2018