| Title: |
An Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment of Land off Leicester Road, Groby |
| Number of Pages: |
19 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An archaeological desk-based assessment was carried out over an area of c.5290 sq. m. The closest evidence for early human activity came from a light scatter of Mesolithic finds to the east of the proposed development site. No evidence for the early prehistoric period had been found on the site itself. Extensive areas of Iron Age and Roman occupation had been identified to the north, north-east, east, and south-west of the proposed development. The closest Roman activity came from the north where both settlement and pottery production were known and to the south-west where evidence for Roman occupation and medieval settlement had been found. The first mention of Groby came from the Domesday Survey in 1086. The proposed development site lay c.600m to the east of the medieval village core which developed south of a Norman motte and bailey and associated manorial complex. Both the castle and manorial complex were SAMs and it was suggested that a stone building, in the centre of the motte, may have been of late Anglo-Saxon date. However, there was no substantial evidence for this and no archaeological or documentary evidence for the Saxon period was known in the vicinity of the site. The parish church of St. Philip and St James lay on the edge of the motte and bailey and dated to the post-medieval period. Cartographic evidence confirmed post-medieval mills to the south-west, north-west and north of the proposed development site. The location of the proposed development site between areas of dense Iron Age and Roman occupation and on the east edge of the medieval core of Groby suggested a medium potential for further Roman and medieval remains. [Au(abr) |
| Author: |
C Herring
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| Publisher: |
John Samuels Archaeological Consultants
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| Year of Publication: |
2001
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
St James |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Groby |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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EARLY MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
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IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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| 1086 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Roman (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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MESOLITHIC
(Historic England Periods)
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EARLY MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2001
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: LAND OFF LEICESTER ROAD, GROBY
Study area: 0.529ha
Investigation type: Desk-based
District: Hinckley and Boswort
Monument:
Ngr: SK53200745
Parish: Groby
Postcode: LE6 0AX
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
