Daniel, P. and Pierson, S. (2017). East Midlands Gateway: Kegworth Bypass, Leicestershire. Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1049170. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 East Midlands Gateway: Kegworth Bypass, Leicestershire. Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation
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Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 Wessex Archaeology carried out a programme of archaeological evaluation on land to the south of Kegworth as part of the proposed A6 Kegworth bypass road scheme, which forms part of the East Midlands Gateway strategic rail freight interchange development. Ten trenches measuring between 25 m and 30 m in length were excavated along a 400 m-long section of the proposed road scheme corridor. The trenches focussed on an area of Iron Age features discovered during earlier geophysical survey and trial trenching. Five of the ten trenches were archaeologically blank; three trenches encountered ditched boundaries and pit-like maculae containing Middle-Late Iron Age pottery, and two trenches contained artefactually sterile features. The confirmed archaeological features were found scattered along a 300 m-length of the proposed bypass route, seemingly with three separate foci. The results may represent the remains of an enclosure or portion of field system dating to the Middle-Late Iron Age. The Site lies within the East Midlands claylands, which have been found to contain extensive remnants of Iron Age enclosure and settlement, with the current remains adding to the local evidence for such activity. The local soils do not appear particularly receptive to geophysical survey: there was a generally low degree of concordance between the magnetometer data and the below-ground archaeology as revealed in the trenches.
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Author:		 P Daniel
S Pierson
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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:		 2017
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Site: East Midlands Gateway: Kegworth Bypass
County: Leicestershire
District: North West Leicestershire
Parish: KEGWORTH
Country: England
Grid Reference: 448100, 326000 (Easting, Northing)
Grid Reference: 448400, 325900 (Easting, Northing)
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MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-280105
OBIB: 102971
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Note:		 c. 30 page A4 comb-bound report with colour plates and figues
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Created Date:		 13 Sep 2018