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An Archaeological Excavation on Land to the North of Park Lane, Castle Donington, Leicestershire |
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University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by ULAS in summer 2010 on land to the north of Park Lane, Castle Donington, Leicestershire, with a follow-up watching brief in January 2013, prior to residential development. Area 1, located on the brow of a north-facing slope overlooking the River Trent, produced evidence of Late Neolithic and Bronze Age activity, including an Early Bronze Age ring ditch, possibly representing a ceremonial or mortuary enclosure and with local parallels at Cossington and Lockington. The feature was associated with a small linear cremation cemetery comprising four Collared Urns containing cremated human bone, in close proximity to a Middle/Late Bronze Age pit alignment of 30+ pits. The considerably larger downslope Area 3 contained an extensive and complex series of ditches with fragmentary traces of timber structure(s) and likely representing a transitional Late Iron Age/Romano-British settlement set within a wider field system. |
Author: |
Roger Kipling
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Publisher: |
University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS)
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Leicestershire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2014
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Land to the North of Park Lane |
County: |
Leicestershire |
District: |
North West Leicestershire |
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CASTLE DONINGTON |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 443380, 327550 (Easting, Northing)
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universi1-196537 |
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ULAS Report No. 2014-007 |
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Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |