Collinson, C. A. (2018). Land at OVerseal, Derbyshire: An Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation. Nottingham: Trent & Peak Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1052818. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land at OVerseal, Derbyshire: An Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation
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Series:		 Trent & Peak Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Trent and Peak Archaeology was commissioned by Crestwood Environmental, on behalf of their clients, to carry out an archaeological trial trench evaluation on land to the east of Acresford Road, Overseal, Derbyshire (centred on National Grid Reference SK 29800 14935). The work was undertaken in January 2018 prior to residential development at the site. The development site lies on the southern edge of the village of Overseal. It comprises two fields, a northern arable field and southern pastoral field which together total approximately 4.7ha. The site is bounded to the west by arable fields; to the east by residential properties and Acresford road; to the south by 'The Shrubbery'; and to the north by further residential properties off Moira Road. The scheme of archaeological fieldwork can be summarised as the excavation of nineteen trenches, two measuring 1.5x50m, two measuring 1.5x40m, two measuring 1.5x30m and 12 measuring 1.5x20m. The trenches were designed to assess the site's archaeological potential by targeting geophysical anomalies identified in a previous phase of work. The Derbyshire Historic Landscape Characterisation records the development site as an area of fossilised strip fields. It is therefore likely that the site formed part of an open field system around the settlement of Overseal during the Early Medieval and Medieval period. The site remained an area of agricultural activity throughout the Post-Medieval and Modern periods. Very few features of archaeological interest were identified during the evaluation, with most relating to previous cultivation regimes, field drainage and disused field boundaries. The results of the evaluation suggest very limited land use in this area with the exception of limited disturbance relating to its agricultural use. Deep subsoil/colluvial deposits were identified in the western parts of the site and some features, such as furrows may have been present in the subsoil only.
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Author:		 C A Collinson
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Publisher:		 Trent & Peak Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2018
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Site: Land off Acresford Road
County: Derbyshire
District: South Derbyshire
Parish: OVERSEAL
Country: England
Grid Reference: 429800, 314935 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: trentpea1-307536
OBIB: TPA Report No. 015/2018
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Created Date:		 17 Jun 2019