Elsworth, D. W. (2022). Land at Mill Lane, Low Mill, Caton, Lancaster, Lancashire: Archaeological Evaluation. Ulverston: Greenlane Archaeology Ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1107225. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land at Mill Lane, Low Mill, Caton, Lancaster, Lancashire: Archaeological Evaluation
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Abstract:		 To be filled in. The desk-based assessment highlighted the potential to find undisturbed archaeological remains within the site boundary and recommended that a geophysical survey be carried out across the southern half of the development followed by a programme of targeted trial trenching. The geophysical survey data was dominated by magnetic disturbance caused by modern features and material, probably related to the use of the site as a material storage compound and work area from the early 1990s onwards, which could mask other, potentially earlier subsurface features in the area that may have been present. Several possible features of uncertain origin were noted, but again these were thought probably to relate to modern activity and material. The evaluation comprised the excavation of 10 trenches, each approximately 20m long. The same sequence of deposits was encountered in most of the trenches, being a thin layer of topsoil above a subsoil on top of the ‘natural’ geological layer. None of the possible features identified through interpretation of the geophysical survey data were of archaeological interest. Plough scars were recorded cut into the underlying natural in Trench 2, demonstrating that the area had been ploughed previously. It was perhaps as a consequence of this disturbance that no features of archaeological interest were encountered. However, despite this a number of flint artefacts were recovered from the subsoil in Trenches 3, 4 and 8, located to the north and east sides of the site. Other finds, principally medieval and post-medieval pottery, were also recovered from the same deposits, demonstrating that these have been quite extensively disturbed, almost certainly by ploughing. Lithic material such as this has tended to be found in concentrations in coastal areas and along river valleys, as is the case here; the current course of the River Lune being around 200m to the north-west of the site. Similar material has been found eroding from the banks of the river at the Crook O’Lune to the west, and was recovered during archaeological work a short distance from the site in 2002. Further archaeological work in order to investigate the lithic material, concentrating on the north-east side of the site, is recommended.
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Author:		 Daniel W Elsworth
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Publisher:		 Greenlane Archaeology Ltd
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Year of Publication:		 2022
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District: Lancaster
Parish: Caton-with-Littledale
County: Lancashire
Country: England
Grid Reference: 352632, 464805 (Easting, Northing)
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Created Date:		 03 Jul 2023