Hunt, L. (2014). A strip, plan and sample excavation on land to the west of Thurcaston Road, Mowmacre Hill, Leicester. Leicester: University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS). https://doi.org/10.5284/1050066. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 A strip, plan and sample excavation on land to the west of Thurcaston Road, Mowmacre Hill, Leicester
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Series:		 University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 An archaeological excavation was carried out by University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) on land to the west of Thurcaston Road, Mowmacre Hill, Leicester (NGR: SK 577 090). This work was carried out during groundworks associated with the construction of a new bakery on the site, which was previously part of an arable field. Previous archaeological work in the area had been inconclusive, until a large Iron Age settlement site was discovered at Beaumont Leys Lane in 2006. Further work to the north and east of this site was also inconclusive; but a trial trench evaluation in 2010 on the present site and to the north and west produced Iron Age remains. The present site was stripped of upper soils in preparation of the new bakery development. Most of the site was negative for archaeological features, except an area of around 55m by 40m at the western edge of the site. Within this area a number of curved linear features, pits and post-holes were revealed, defined by two ditches oriented south-west to north-east. The features contained the remains of five possible roundhouses, with a number of pits of varying size including some very large ones and possible other post-hole structures. An amount of Iron Age pottery, mostly dating from the 3rd to 2nd century was retrieved from the features, along with burnt daub, from the fabric of the wattle and daub roundhouse structures, animal bones and flint. The size of the roundhouses and the range and date of finds was very similar to that of the Beaumont Leys Lane site to the south and to the Iron Age site at Manor Farm Humberstone suggesting a similar date and form of occupation here to these two neighbouring sites. The presence of earlier Neolithic and Bronze Age flint artefacts would suggest some previous occupation of the site.
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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)
Leicester City HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2014
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Site: Land to the west of Thurcaston Road, Mowmacre Hill
County: Leicestershire
District: Leicester
Parish: LEICESTER
Country: England
Grid Reference: 457700, 309000 (Easting, Northing)
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IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) FLINT (Find)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) FLINT (Find)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) ROUNDHOUSES (Monus)
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OASIS Id: universi1-258439
OBIB: Report number 2014-048
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Created Date:		 09 Nov 2018