Title: |
Two Early Iron Age enclosures at Elton Solar Farm, Elton-on-the-Hill, Nottinghamshire |
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Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge) unpublished report series
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
During September and October 2015 Oxford Archaeology East undertook excavation of two areas at a proposed solar farm at land off Station Road, Elton-on-the-Hill, Nottinghamshire, uncovering Early Iron Age enclosures. The most complete enclosure plan was uncovered in Area 1 where excavation revealed a sub-circular ditched feature with a c.23m internal diameter. The earliest phase of the enclosure consisted of several long curvilinear ditches, with three entrance ways between, linked to a north-south aligned routeway or entranceway which was c.8m wide. The enclosure was subsequently modified with ditches re-cut and a single entrance defined on its northern side. The second enclosure was revealed in Area 2, 0.5km to the north-east of Area 1. This comprised a small sub-rectangular enclosure with an internal diameter of just 9m and a south-east facing entrance. Further ditches abutted the enclosure at both north and south. Combined, the sites yielded a fairly substantial assemblage of Early Iron Age pottery, animal bone and fired clay, with personal items comprising a ring-headed swan-neck pin and an antler hammer head from Area 1. In general, the material assemblages were very similar from both sites, and were largely recovered from the enclosure ditches. The composition and condition of artefacts was fairly typical of that from domestic settlements in the Early Iron Age, with the faunal record suggesting an agrarian economy largely based on the husbandry of cattle and sheep. Fragments of two human bones were also recovered from separate parts of the enclosure ditch in Area 2. |
Author: |
M Brudenell
Stephen Morgan
Rob Atkins
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Publisher: |
Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge)
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Other Person/Org: |
Nottinghamshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2016
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Locations: |
Site: |
Elton Solar Farm, Elton-on-the-Hill |
County: |
Nottinghamshire |
District: |
Rushcliffe |
Parish: |
ELTON |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 477000, 339500 (Easting, Northing)
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
oxfordar3-235980 |
OBIB: |
OAE report 1853 |
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Note: |
A4 paper bound report
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Created Date: |
12 Feb 2018 |