Dransfield, N. (2010). Leicester Road, Countesthorpe Assessment Report. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1034334. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Leicester Road, Countesthorpe Assessment Report
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Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by CgMs Consulting to undertake an archaeological evaluation on land off Leicester Road, Countesthorpe, Leicestershire. Evaluation comprised the excavation and recording of 18 trial trenches combining randomly located trenches and trenches targeted on geophysical anomalies. Subsequent mitigation excavation comprised a strip and record excavation of some 2,500m² centred on the location of two urned cremation burials uncovered in the south-east of the Site during the evaluation phase. The investigations revealed the remains of three urns, all heavily truncated as a result of medieval and later agricultural land-uses. Two of the urns contained the cremated human remains of two individuals, one adult male and a sub-adult. A third urn was so badly truncated that only the base of the vessel survived. The vessels were all probably of Early Bronze Age date, in the Collared Urn tradition typically dating from c. 2200 - 1400 BC. No other features such as a ring ditch were identified and the absence of settlement evidence suggests the Site may have lain within a liminal area reserved for funerary and ritual activity. The Bronze Age urned cremation burials are of local to regional significance and offer some potential to contribute towards current regional research objectives.
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Author:		 N Dransfield
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Publisher:		 Wessex Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Leicestershire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2010
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Site: Leicester Road, Countesthorpe
County: Leicestershire
District: Blaby
Parish: COUNTESTHORPE
Country: England
Grid Reference: 458400, 296050 (Easting, Northing)
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BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) CHARRED PLANT REMAINS (Find)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) CREMATED BONE (Find)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) CREMATION URNS (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) STONE (Find)
LATE MESOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) WORKED FLINT (Find)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) WORKED FLINT (Find)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) INHUMATION (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
LATE MESOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-156715
OBIB: 75391.02
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Created Date:		 01 Feb 2018