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Burntwood Sewage Treatment Works, Peter's Lane, Lichfield, Staffordshire: Archaeological evaluation |
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Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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A total of 27 trial trenches, each measuring 30 m in length and 2 m wide, were excavated in level spits using a 360º excavator equipped with a toothless bucket, under the constant supervision and instruction of the monitoring archaeologist. A 4 x 3.5 m extension was added on the western side of the southern end of trench 3, while two extensions (7 x 3.5 m and 4 x 4 m) were added either side of the western end of trench 4. The trench locations were set out using a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), in the approximate positions proposed in the WSI, although trenches 10 and 20 had to be slightly moved because of located services A total of 27 trenches were excavated, of which 12 contained archaeological remains. The remains were present across the whole of the site; there was no obvious clustering of features that would indicate an area of concentrated activity. There was a good survival of archaeological remains. Three pits and a north–south aligned boundary ditch were potentially the earliest features uncovered. Environmental evidence suggests a possible association between them, and the ditch was not shown on 19th-century or later mapping, suggesting it was post-medieval or earlier in date. A small number of artefacts recovered from the ditch and one of the pits indicate that the features were early in date: prehistoric to Romano-British. However, the size and condition of the assemblage suggests it may be residual and therefore does not provide a definitive date for the features. The pits contained significant amounts of burnt stone and wood charcoal, the composition of which is similar to those found in association with burnt mounds, although no evidence of such was found during the evaluation. Ditches of varying profiles, sizes and alignments formed the most common type of feature. Around half of the ditches overlay or align with mapped boundaries. A very small number of finds were recovered from the features, of which one, a post-medieval pottery sherd, was datable. The construction date of these boundaries is therefore uncertain, although it is possible they were part of a field system that was incorporated in 1856 as part of Enclosure Act. |
| Author: |
Clare Jackson-Slater
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| Publisher: |
Wessex Archaeology
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| Year of Publication: |
2023
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Hammerwich |
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Staffordshire |
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England |
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Lichfield |
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Grid Reference: 407811, 308203 (Easting, Northing)
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wessexar1-515325 |
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278890.02 |
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18 Dec 2023 |
