Images from an Archaeological Evaluation at Oak Avenue, Scawby, North Lincolnshire 2020
Caitlin Halton, Michael Nicholson, 2021. https://doi.org/10.5284/1088100. How to cite using this DOI
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- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1088100
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Introduction
This collection comprises images from an archaeological evaluation on land at off Oak Avenue, Scawby, North Lincolnshire, undertaken in November 2020 by Archaeological Research Services Ltd and commissioned by Scawby Estate.
The archaeological evaluation, was undertaken as part of a phased programme of archaeological works, following earlier phases of desk-based assessment and geophysical survey and comprised the excavation of 18 evaluation trenches. All archaeological works were undertaken as a condition of planning permission which has been granted for a change of land use and the construction of 60 dwellings, roads, footways, landscaping, walls, fencing and public open spaces (planning reference: PA/2020/1482).
The programme of archaeological trenching has confirmed the results of the geophysical survey, revealing evidence for a multi-phase farmstead settlement which was occupied from the 1st – 2nd century and may have its origins within the late Iron Age. The focus of archaeological activity was predominantly centred on Field 2 and comprised evidence for field systems and probable drove-ways for the management of livestock. Following the apparent abandonment of the Roman farmstead during the 2nd century, the site has been subject to prolonged agricultural exploitation which has caused extensive horizontal truncation to the preserved archaeological remains revealed across the entirety of the proposed development area.
