Hunt, L. (2015). An archaeological excavation on land at Melton Road, Barrow upon Soar,. Leicester: University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS). https://doi.org/10.5284/1053407. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 An archaeological excavation on land at Melton Road, Barrow upon Soar,
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Series:		 University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) unpublished report series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 at Melton Road, Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire (NGR: SK 583 173). The work was carried out for Jelsons Ltd as a mitigation strategy in advance of the development of the site for new housing. Previous evaluation work on the site had located a number of lime kiln structures. These had been sampled but not closely dated. The excavation work was an attempt to recover samples from the kilns that could be dated using scientific techniques (archaeomagnetic dating). A total of six areas were excavated down to archaeological layers and the remains of six kiln structures were revealed. Two of these structures were sampled by the excavation of sections and all were hand planned. The kilns mainly consisted of a lozenge-shaped pit surrounded by a halo of burnt clay or siltstone, which was most likely quarry backfill. The pits had a fill of silty soil, clay and ash, which varied greatly in depth from kiln to kiln. At one end of the kilns there was normally a shallow pit or working area where the processed lime had been scraped into. In most of the kilns this had been at least partially truncated by ploughing or machining. Modern glass was recovered from two fills within two separate kilns, which would suggest that the kilns are modern in date. The burnt clay areas around the kilns were fairly friable and not of sufficient stability to be considered for archaeomagnetic dating.
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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)
Leicestershire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2015
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Site: Land at Melton Road
County: Leicestershire
District: Charnwood
Parish: BARROW UPON SOAR
Country: England
Grid Reference: 458300, 317300 (Easting, Northing)
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20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) GLASS (Find)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) LIME KILN (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: universi1-244676
OBIB: 2015-036
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Created Date:		 17 Jun 2019