Weston, P. (2017). Stamford West. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1096131. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Stamford West
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Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Wessex Archaeology undertook a programme of archaeological excavation on land at Exeter Down, Stamford, Lincolnshire, prior to a mixed-use development. Two separate excavation areas were opened up. Within Area 1, the remains comprised a sequence of three roundhouses, the latest of which was set within a ditched enclosure. Ceramic and radiocarbon dating evidence indicate the settlement was occupied during the Early and Middle Iron Age. By the Late Iron Age, occupation appears to have ceased, and an arrangement of field boundary ditches suggests a purely agricultural use for the land instead. Area 2 contained two small iron smelting furnaces and a cluster of pits. Evidence suggests that the furnaces date to the Early to Middle Iron Age, and represent localised small-scale iron production. Evidence of ironworking is known from the vicinity of the Site, but the remains found at Stamford West appear to be a notably early manifestation of the technology. A general absence of diagnostic smithing slag and residues suggest this process occurred elsewhere. Although the furnaces were poorly preserved, their morphology suggests they were of the bowl type; if correct this would be of some significance for the understanding of the development of ironworking technology. Animal bone from the settlement indicates an unusually even proportion of cattle and sheep when compared with regional norms. The overall picture is of have been mixed and non-specialised agriculture. Environmental remains suggest cereal cultivation and grassland, field margins/hedgerows, waste ground, arable and oak and hazel woodland in the wider environment.
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Author:		 Phil Weston ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 Wessex Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2017
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District: South Kesteven
Parish: Stamford
County: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Grid Reference: 500998, 307099 (Easting, Northing)
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LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
EARLY IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
EARLY IRON AGE POT (Tag)
ENCLOSED HUT CIRCLE SETTLEMENT (Monument Type England)
MIDDLE IRON AGE PIT (Tag)
EXCAVATION (Event)
PIT (Monument Type England)
METAL PRODUCTION FURNACE (Monument Type England)
DITCH (Monument Type England)
POT (Object England)
SLAG (Object England)
MIDDLE IRON AGE ENCLOSED HUT CIRCLE SETTLEMENT (Tag)
MIDDLE IRON AGE SLAG (Tag)
MIDDLE IRON AGE METAL PRODUCTION FURNACE (Tag)
MIDDLE IRON AGE POT (Tag)
LATE IRON AGE DITCH (Tag)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-271360
OBIB: 104281
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Created Date:		 13 Jul 2022