Savage, R. (2015). Land at Battleflat Lodge Farm, Bardon, Hinckley and Bosworth Borough, Leicestershire: Fieldwalking/Metal-Detecting Report. Brockley: Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited. https://doi.org/10.5284/1036426. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land at Battleflat Lodge Farm, Bardon, Hinckley and Bosworth Borough, Leicestershire: Fieldwalking/Metal-Detecting Report
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Series:		 Pre-Construct Archaeology (Lincoln) unpublished report series
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preconst3-228211_1.pdf (2 MB) : Download
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1036426
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 Concurrent fieldwalking and metal-detector surveying were carried out on five fields at Battleflat Lodge Farm, in the parish of Stanton-under-Bardon in Leicestershire, in order to inform a planning application for commercial development. A previous desk-based assessment had noted that the place-name 'Battle Flat' is said to derive from the semi-legendary Battle of Bardon, more popularly known as Mount Badon, at which an invading Anglo-Saxon army was routed by a Romanised British commander, although there is no evidence for this identification beyond the place-names of Bardon Hill and Battle Flat itself. No artefacts found during either survey could be identified as military in origin or as deriving from the period at which the Battle of Bardon is supposed to have taken place. The metal-detector finds, all of which are of iron, appear to represent a single assemblage from a post-medieval to modern blacksmith's or farrier's workshop, including specialist blacksmith's tools as well as other tools, horseshoes and items that appear to be unfinished pieces or badly blunted cutting tools in need of sharpening. The fieldwalking retrieved a total of three sherds of pottery, two of which were identified as post-medieval, while the third could have been Roman or post-Roman. The findings of the fieldwalking survey, in conjunction with those of the previous desk-based assessment and the associated metal-detector survey, suggest that the surveyed land is not likely to have been occupied or cultivated until the 18th century or later.
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Author:		 Rachel Savage ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited
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Other Person/Org:		 Leicestershire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2015
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Parish: IBSTOCK
County: Leicestershire
District: North West Leicestershire
Country: England
Site: Battleflat Lodge Farm
Grid Reference: 444240, 310700 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
SHERD (Object England)
METAL DETECTING USE (Event)
FIELDWALKING SURVEY (Event)
METALWORKING DEBRIS (Find)
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OASIS Id: preconst3-228211
OBIB: Two reports, one for metal-detecting and one for fieldwalking
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Note:		 Two A4 thermal bound reports with transparent cover and white spine. The fieldwalking report has the site code BALF 15 and the contracting unit number 1547, while the metal-detecting report has the site code BALD 15 and the contracting unit number 1548: both form part of the same archive under the Leicestershire Museums Service archive accession number X.A106.2015.
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Created Date:		 01 Feb 2018