Tuck, A. (2018). Outseats Farm, Alfreton, Derbyshire: Strip, Map and Record Excavation (Area E) Post-Excavation Assessment. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1096148. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Outseats Farm, Alfreton, Derbyshire: Strip, Map and Record Excavation (Area E) Post-Excavation Assessment
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Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 The mitigation works have expanded understanding of the layout of a medieval enclosure complex that was previously identified by trial trenching. Associated features including a droveway, pits and drainage gullies were also recorded. The layout of the three main enclosures appears to have been well planned; the ditches formed a rectilinear drainage network taking water from the south-west to the north-east, down the natural slope towards Cranfield Wood. Only a single formal entranceway was present in one of the enclosures, which was approached via a droveway from the north-west. Internal pits are of uncertain purpose but may have been watering holes. The pits form two regular groups suggesting well-planned activities. The lack of evidence for domestic structures supports a function of livestock containment or cultivation. Pottery of 13th to 15th century date recovered from the enclosure ditches, droveway, a drainage gully and a pit, attest to settlement activity in the vicinity, perhaps immediately to the south-west as a precursor to the 16th- to 17th-century Carnfield Hall. This relationship may be demonstrated by the place name Outseats. A series of later minor quarries in the south-west were located on higher ground that had been heavily truncated, probably by ploughing.
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Author:		 A. Tuck
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Publisher:		 Wessex Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2018
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District: Amber Valley
Parish: Alfreton
Country: England
County: Derbyshire
Grid Reference: 442413, 355539 (Easting, Northing)
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MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
EXCAVATION (Event)
MEDIEVAL ENCLOSURE (Tag)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-309865
OBIB: T23726.1
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Created Date:		 13 Jul 2022