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LAND AT ECCLESHALL ROAD, STONE, STAFFORDSHIRE: ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION |
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Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd unpublished report series
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headland3-236409_1.pdf (5 MB)
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An archaeological investigation was undertaken on land off Eccleshall Road, Stone, Staffordshire in advance of a new housing development. The investigation identified a post-medieval field boundary and drainage ditch, truncated traces of ridge and furrow field system. The excavation was located within a topographic basin which had resulted in the accumulation of groundwater and consequently the formation of a gley soil. Modern building material comprising brick, concrete and stone had been deposited within the basin in order to firm up the soft ground within this area of the site. A single flint artefact, believed to date to the Mesolithic period, was recovered from subsoil deposits. However, there was no evidence for in situ Mesolithic activity within the excavation area itself. |
Author: |
S Thomelius
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Publisher: |
Headland Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Staffordshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2016
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Site: |
Land off Eccleshall Road |
County: |
Staffordshire |
District: |
Stafford |
Parish: |
STONE |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 389350, 332650 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
headland3-236409 |
OBIB: |
HAS 1156 |
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Note: |
A4 bound report
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Created Date: |
13 Jan 2020 |