Allen, C. (2007). Archaeological Watching Brief on land on the Holdingham Rising Main Pipeline (Holdingham Pumping Station to Sleaford STW) (HRM04). Archaeological Project Services. https://doi.org/10.5284/1000467. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological Watching Brief on land on the Holdingham Rising Main Pipeline (Holdingham Pumping Station to Sleaford STW) (HRM04)
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Abstract:		 An archaeological watching brief was undertaken during the construction of a pipeline route for Holdingham Rising Main, to run from Holdingham Pumping Station to Sleaford Sewage Treatment Works, Sleaford, Lincolnshire. A number of test pits were also excavated and an area of the pipeline was fully excavated after significant archaeological features were uncovered. Within the area of the main excavation an early Neolithic tree-throw hole was found which originated from a time of early clearance and settlement. In addition, an unusual ring ditch comprising four segments each with rounded terminals was uncovered, and this was considered to be a ceremonial monument of late Neolithic date. This may have been part of a wider ritual landscape in the area. The excavated area was subsequently crossed by a series of ditches, dated from stratigraphic evidence and pottery to the late Iron Age. The pottery shows similarities to ceramics from Old Sleaford. Five phases of construction of the ditches were seen which indicated successive use of the area for agricultural purposes over a number of decades. The ditches may have been boundaries for fields or plots, and may have held fences or hedges and been subdivided by further small fences. Evidence of metalworking and weaving showed that an Iron Age settlement lay nearby. Some Romano-British finds in the ditches probably originated from a nearby settlement. Agricultural activity continued through the medieval period with traces of a ditch and some pottery, and this use probably continued into the post-medieval and modern periods.
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Author:		 C Allen
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Publisher:		 Archaeological Project Services
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Lincolnshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2007
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Site: Holdingham Rising Main
Parish: SLEAFORD
District: North Kesteven
County: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Grid Reference: 506700, 347100 (Easting, Northing)
Grid Reference: 508300, 347300 (Easting, Northing)
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LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) FIELD SYSTEM (Monument Type England)
LATE NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) Segmented Ring Type Ditch (Monus)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) Settelement (Monus)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
RESCUE EXCAVATION (Event)
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OASIS Id: archaeol1-23580
OBIB: 10/07
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Created Date:		 23 Nov 2016