Young, T., Champness, C., Simmonds, A. and Allen, M. G. (2018). A ROMAN ENCLOSED SETTLEMENT WITH EVIDENCEA Roman Enclosed Settlement With Evidence For Early Medieval Iron Smelting At Staveley Lane, Eckington. Oxford: Oxford Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1116131. Cite this using datacite

Title The title of the publication or report Title:	A ROMAN ENCLOSED SETTLEMENT WITH EVIDENCEA Roman Enclosed Settlement With Evidence For Early Medieval Iron Smelting At Staveley Lane, Eckington
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DOI The DOI (digital object identifier) for the publication or report. DOI	https://doi.org/10.5284/1116131
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Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report Abstract:	The excavation encompassed an area of 0.42ha, comprising the part of the enclosure that lay within the site boundary plus an additional zone of 10-15m beyond the extent of the ditch. The site was stripped using a mechanical excavator fitted with a toothless ditching bucket, under the supervision of an archaeologist. Stripping continued until the first archaeological horizon was exposed. At this point, the site was cleaned and excavation continued by hand. The machine-excavated topsoil and subsoil layers were kept separate and the spoil heaps were scanned with a metal-detector to ensure maximum finds retrieval. The main enclosure ditch (131) was excavated by hand in ten sections, including two that were dug during the evaluation phase, amounting to a total of c 10% of the length of the feature. In addition to the hand-excavated sections, five machine-excavated slots, measuring 5-7m long, were excavated through the ditch to enhance finds recovery. Excavation by Oxford Archaeology in advance of residential development in Eckington investigated part of a rural settlement dating from the Roman period, situated within a large curvilinear enclosure ditch. The settlement was occupied from the late Iron Age or early Roman period until c AD 200, but had been substantially affected by ploughing during the medieval and modern periods and few internal features survived. The enclosure was subsequently used for an episode of iron smelting, which was dated by radiocarbon to the mid-7th-8th century. This represents an extremely rare discovery, since a recent survey identified only eight smelting sites in the entire country that date from the early and middle Anglo-Saxon period.
Author The authors of this publication or report Author:	Tim Young Carl Champness Andrew Simmonds Martyn G Allen
Publisher The publisher of the publication or report Publisher:	Oxford Archaeology
Other Person/Org Other people or organisations for this publication or report Other Person/Org:	Derbyshire County Council (OASIS Reviewer)
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published Year of Publication:	2018
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. Locations:	Parish: Eckington District: North East Derbyshire Country: England County: Derbyshire Grid Reference: 442899, 378099 (Easting, Northing)
Subjects / Periods Subjects / Periods associated with this record. Subjects / Periods:	PIT (Monument Type England) DITCH (Monument Type England) EXCAVATION (Event) METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Object England) POST MEDIEVAL METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Tag) EARLY MEDIEVAL PIT (Tag) EARLY BRONZE AGE LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Tag) LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England) ROMAN POT (Tag) PLANT REMAINS (Object England) ROMAN DITCH (Tag) HUMAN REMAINS (Object England) IRON AGE POT (Tag) ROMAN HUMAN REMAINS (Tag) UNCERTAIN ANIMAL REMAINS (Tag) LATE IRON AGE PIT (Tag) EARLY MEDIEVAL METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Tag) EARLY MEDIEVAL PLANT REMAINS (Tag) EARLY MEDIEVAL DITCH (Tag) POT (Object England) LATE IRON AGE DITCH (Tag) IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) ROMAN (Historic England Periods) POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)
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