| Title: |
A66 Stainburn to Great Clifton Bypass, Cumbria. Archaeological Evaluation |
| Number of Pages: |
60 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An archaeological evaluation was undertaken along the route of the proposed bypass. In total, 96 trial trenches were opened, equivalent in area to 3983 sq. m. In field 35, at the western end of the bypass, five relatively shallow ditches on three different alignments were recorded towards the bottom of the west-facing slope, close to the present A66 road. Four could not be dated, but post-medieval or modern pottery suggested that the fifth had filled comparatively recently. Further east, higher up the hill, a low earthwork bank was found to cover a stone drain of modern origin and a very shallow linear feature filled with rounded stones may have represented the base of a modern trackway. At the extreme east end of the field, another shallow ditch was found. No finds were recovered, but the fill resembled the natural boulder clay more than the topsoil, suggesting that the feature might have been a field boundary of some antiquity. To the east of Scale Beck, a linear band of cobbling close to Stainburn Moor Road was interpreted as the base of a banked field boundary of probable 19th century date. East of the portion of the route formerly subject to open cast mining in Field 209, a probable peri-glacial palaeochannel was recorded, together with three relatively shallow ditches, interpreted as former field boundaries. None of the ditches contained artefactual dating evidence, but the dark topsoil-like fill of one of the three suggested that it had filled comparatively recently. A shallow pit was tentatively identified in Field 46, but the feature was irregular in shape, and was not definitely of human origin. Further east, ridge and furrow cultivation features were visible in Field 48. The majority of the archaeological features encountered related to field boundaries or tracks of probable 18th to 19th century origin. Lack of artefactual dating evidence meant that some shallow ditches remained undated but, in the absence of evidence for their antiquity, the significance of these features did not appear great. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
Richard Heawood
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| Publisher: |
Lancaster University Archaeological Unit
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| Year of Publication: |
2001
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Stainburn Moor Road |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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20TH CENTURY
(Historic England Periods)
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| 19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 18th To 19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2001
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: A66 STAINBURN TO GREAT CLIFTON BYPASS
Study area:
Investigation type: Evaluation
District: Allerdale
Monument: DRAIN. Post-medieval (1540-1901), FIELD DRAIN. Post-medieval (1540-1901), DITCH. Undated, FIELD BOUNDARY. Undated, RIDGE AND FURROW. Undated, [finds]. Modern (1901-present), [finds]. Roman (AD43-410), [finds]. Medieval (1066-1540), [finds]. Post-medieval
Ngr: NY01202860, NY05102910
Parish: Little Clifton, Workington
Postcode: CA144EB, CA141XT
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
