Rogers, T. D. and Cornah, T. (2019). Archaeological evaluation of land off Old Gated Road, Lighthorne Heath, Warwickshire : Phase 4. Worcester: Worcestershire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1103269. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological evaluation of land off Old Gated Road, Lighthorne Heath, Warwickshire : Phase 4
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Series:		 Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1103269
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Abstract:		 An archaeological evaluation was undertaken at land off Old Gated Road, Lighthorne Heath, Warwickshire. It was commissioned by Orion Heritage whose client intends residential development of the land. The site comprises two large, currently arable, fields to the south of the village of Lighthorne Heath adjacent to Old Gated Road, a lane which runs north from the B4100 road towards the M40 motorway which forms the north-eastern boundary of the site. Sixty-eight trenches were excavated across the fields, representing the fourth phase of evaluation trenching across the wider site. Previous archaeological works within the site have included a geophysical survey and trial trenching in which archaeological features were recorded on high ground in the centre of the field. Trenches in this area revealed a small Iron Age settlement thought likely to comprise two small enclosures which may have surrounded roundhouses, a settlement type known from the late Iron Age. This fourth phase of investigation revealed no significant archaeological features over the majority of the site. However archaeological assets were present sporadically comprising an undated ditch, a small gully of probable Roman date as well as two further gullies associated with a burnt mound deposit. Burnt mounds are a Bronze Age feature formed from the shattered stones and charcoal discarded after warming water in a trough using stones heated in a fire. They are often associated with watercourses and a map of 1728 shows a, now disappeared, watercourse running close to this location. A palaeochannel was recorded in the northern part of the site on a steep north facing slope. This is not on the mapped line as the former watercourse and is likely to have been the result of seasonal flooding.
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Author:		 T D Rogers
Tim Cornah
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Publisher:		 Worcestershire Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2019
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Parish: Chesterton and Kingston
District: Stratford-on-Avon
Country: England
County: Warwickshire
Grid Reference: 434834, 256908 (Easting, Northing)
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BURNT MOUND (Monument Type England)
BRONZE AGE BURNT MOUND (Tag)
DITCH (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN DITCH (Tag)
PALAEOCHANNEL (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN PALAEOCHANNEL (Tag)
GULLY (Monument Type England)
ROMAN GULLY (Tag)
PLANT REMAINS (Object England)
LATER PREHISTORIC PLANT REMAINS (Tag)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: fieldsec1-371739
OBIB: WA report number: 2748
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Created Date:		 20 Feb 2023