Harvey, K., Burns, M. and Miller, I. (2019). Post-excavation Assessment Land at Land Gate, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, Greater Manchester. Salford Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1092985. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Post-excavation Assessment Land at Land Gate, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, Greater Manchester
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Series:		 Centre for Applied Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 The excavation followed on from a desk-based assessment that was compiled in 2016 by TEP, and a subsequent geophysical survey undertaken by Magnitude Surveys Ltd and trial trenching carried out by OA North in 2017 (OA North 2017), which confirmed that buried remains of the Warrington to Wigan Roman road survived across the site. In the light of the significant results obtained from the initial evaluation, it was recommended that a programme of further archaeological investigation was carried out, comprising a ‘strip and record’ exercise of two targeted areas, followed by controlled detailed excavation where extensive archaeological remains were exposed. The road’s foundation layer, however, has survived and is in the form of large blocks of red and yellow sandstone (red sandstone known as the Sherwood Group was quarried in Ashton in the 19th century). It shows the road to have been about 6m wide, and whilst this is slightly narrower that may be expected, it corresponds closely with the section of the road excavated in 1993 on the other side of Bryn Road.
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Author:		 Katie Harvey
Mandy Burns
Ian Miller ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 Salford Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2019
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District: Wigan
Country: England
Parish: Wigan, unparished area
County: Greater Manchester
Grid Reference: 357139, 401219 (Easting, Northing)
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POST EXCAVATION ASSESSMENT (Event)
ROAD (Monument Type England)
ROMAN ROAD (Tag)
PLOUGH MARKS (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL PLOUGH MARKS (Tag)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: centrefo4-501239
Report id: SA/2019/28
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Created Date:		 20 May 2022