Mace, T. and Elsworth, D. W. (2022). Coniston View, Aldingham, Cumbria: Archaeological Evaluation. Ulverston: Greenlane Archaeology Ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1107235. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Coniston View, Aldingham, Cumbria: Archaeological Evaluation
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Abstract:		 Following submission of a planning application to extend Doe Wood Lodges, a luxury lodge park near Ulverston, Cumbria, an archaeological evaluation was carried out by Greenlane Archaeology. This followed on from geophysical survey of the site in March 2022. The evaluation comprised the excavation of eight trenches that targeted possible features of archaeological interest identified by the geophysical survey. The evaluation took place in May 2022. The site is located within an area of general archaeological interest, with activity from the end of the last Ice Age onwards. A burnt mound of Bronze Age date was found immediately to the west and the Scheduled Aldingham Motte is a short distance to the east. Maps of the area showed that the area has been open fields since at least the mid-19th century and these indicate that it was initially part of a park of probable medieval origin. The same sequence of thin deposits of topsoil and subsoil above the clay geology was encountered in seven of the eight trenches, the eighth was similar but slightly thicker due to later redeposited material. The natural geological layer was typically around 0.3m below the surface, with only slight variation in the thickness and composition of overlying deposits. No archaeological features were observed in the locations identified as being of potential interest through interpretation of the geophysical survey data. Variations in the magnetic gradient data may have resulted from slight variations in the underlying natural geology and elsewhere the interpretation of the data may have identified the continuation of a stone bank/field boundary, visible above ground in the field to the east, of which no below ground remains were observed in any of the trenches which targeted this feature. A small collection of pieces of chert, probably of local origin and perhaps deriving from tool manufacture in the late Mesolithic to early Neolithic, were recovered in three trenches all located close to the crest of the hill. However, the lack of any associated features and the generally shallow nature of deposits means that these are of limited significance and indicative of the sort of general background activity that has been found across the wider area.
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Author:		 Thomas Mace
Daniel W Elsworth
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Publisher:		 Greenlane Archaeology Ltd
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Year of Publication:		 2022
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Parish: Aldingham
County: Cumbria
District: South Lakeland
Country: England
Grid Reference: 327441, 470222 (Easting, Northing)
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Created Date:		 03 Jul 2023