Wilkins, B., Roberts, B. W. and Noon, S. (2016). Barrowed Time: Project Design for a Community Archaeology Project. London: DigVentures. https://doi.org/10.5284/1103137. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Barrowed Time: Project Design for a Community Archaeology Project
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Abstract:		 DigVentures, in partnership with Durham University, was commissioned by the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) to undertake a crowdfunded community-based archaeological research project at a recently discovered Bronze Age Burial monument at Bolton le Sands, Lancashire. The 'Barrowed Time' project was structured as a two-year long community engagement project, with fieldwork designed to help contextualise the unexpected discovery of a Late Bronze Age tanged chisel and knife blade by a local metal detectorist. During 2016 three small-scale evaluation trenches were excavated over the course of two weeks across the Bronze Age burial monument at Bolton le Sands, located to address specific questions. Trenches 1 and 2 comprised two hand dug trenches laid out in a north to south and east to west orientation They intersected in a cruciform pattern and measured 2m x 35m (N-S) and 2m x 25m (E-W) respectively. Remains of a Bronze Age ring cairn enclosing the upper contour of the hill were exposed in the eastern, western and southern part of the trenches. The northern part of the cairn was not identified and presumed to have been damaged by later ploughing. Further features comprised a post-medieval field boundary with well stratified post-medieval pottery in the overlying deposit in Trench 1, and in Trench 2 a pit that may have been dug in the Neolithic before being subsequently filled with cobbles, as well as an early modern backfilled clay pit. Trench 3 was a hand dug trench measuring 4m x 4m and located to target the evaluation trench excavated by UCLan in 2013. It was designed to further investigate the original deposition of the Treasure and to complete the excavation of a possible cremation burial. Excavation identified several features, including the former UCLan trench, a Bronze Age pit and a second pit with an inverted cremation urn that contained the remains of at least one young adult who was probably male. Later strontium isotope analysis of this individual’s remains suggest that they did not live in the local area during he early months of their life. Additional finds comprised abraded pot fragments, worked lithic material, burnt stone and cremated bone fragments. During 2017 two further small-scale evaluation trenches were excavated over the course of two weeks across the Bronze Age burial monument at Bolton le Sands. Trench 6 was a hand dug trench measuring 11m by 11m, located to unify the results of the 2016 excavations with those of the evaluation trench excavated by UCLan in 2013. A further urned cremation burial was excavated in this trench, recorded within an inverted cremation urn that was accompanied by an accessory vessel. Additionally four pits were identified which contained deposits dating to the Neolithic Period including a deliberately fragmented polished Langdale Axe. This trench also confirmed the level of disturbance at the site through more recent ploughing by identifying clear ridge and furrows marks across the trench. Trench 7 was a square trench measuring 5m by 5m with the aim of identifying a geophysical anomaly identified during the 2016 magnetometry survey. No features were found that related to this anomaly while the finds from this trench indicated that there had been a degree of mixing between prehistoric and modern material probably during the ploughing of the field.
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Author:		 Brendon Wilkins
Benjamin W Roberts
Stuart Noon ORCID icon
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Year of Publication:		 2016
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Parish: Bolton-le-Sands
District: Lancaster
County: Lancashire
Country: England
Grid Reference: 348998, 467588 (Easting, Northing)
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CREMATION (Monument Type England)
NEOLITHIC CREMATION (Tag)
RING CAIRN (Monument Type England)
BRONZE AGE RING CAIRN (Tag)
BURIAL URN (Object England)
BRONZE AGE BURIAL URN (Tag)
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY (Event)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
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Created Date:		 03 Feb 2023