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An archaeological field evaluation at Boulton Moor (Phase 1), Snelsmoor Lane, |
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University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
An archaeological excavation by trial trenching was carried out on land at Boulton Moor (Phase 1), Snelsmoor Lane, Elvaston, Derbyshire (SK 396 316) in advance of the proposed development of the site for new housing and infrastructure. The site is currently arable land to the south-east of Derby and is close to an area rich in archaeological features, in particular the Bronze Age barrow site of Swarkestone Lows, which lies to the south-west. A geophysical survey carried out on the site in 2003 was largely inconclusive. The evaluation consisted of twenty four 30m trenches placed over parts of two fields, covering the area of Phase 1 of proposed new development, with a further trench in a field to the east, in an area to contain a pumping station. This trench, along with twelve trenches in Field 1 and six in Field 2 was negative for archaeological features. However, a group of trenches to the south-west contained sections of ditches, gullies and two small post-holes and to the north of these the trenches revealed a series of medium sized pits, all very similar in size and shape, running in an alignment from north-west to south-east, with another line possibly running north-east to south-west. All the linear and post-hole features appeared to lie to the south-west of the pit alignment, which was followed further to the south-east by the excavation of three further small test trenches. Iron Age pottery sherds were retrieved from the largest of the ditch fills and one of the aligned pits. The archive for this project will be deposited with Derby Museums with accession number DBYMU: 2014.8. |
Author: |
Leon Hunt
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Publisher: |
University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS)
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Derbyshire County Council (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2014
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Boulton Moor (Phase 1), Snelsmoor Lane |
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Derbyshire |
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South Derbyshire |
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ELVASTON |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 439600, 331600 (Easting, Northing)
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universi1-210904 |
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2014-101 |
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a4 Spiral Bound
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Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |