Title: |
Ibstock Brick, Ellistown Quarry: Report on Archaeological Watching Brief |
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Trent & Peak Archaeology unpublished report series
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trentpea1-357339_1.pdf (7 MB)
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Trent and Peak Archaeology was commissioned by Ibstock Group to carry out a scheme of archaeological monitoring of topsoil and subsoil stripping in advance of the excavation and stockpiling of approximately 60, 000 cubic metres of clay. The site lies to the south-east of the village of Ellistown, within the civil parish of Ellistown and Battleflat, Leicestershire. The proposed quarry extension comprised a c 1.39ha area of agricultural land to the immediate north of the current quarry boundary, situated adjacent to Ellistown Terrace Road. Machine excavation revealed a c 0.6m thick deposit of subsoil and topsoil overlying firm mixed yellow clay and mudstone. The presence of a number of field drains suggest that the land has remained in agricultural use since at least the post-medieval period and the former filed boundary represents a shift from smaller to larger fields in the 20th-21st century. No archaeological finds, features or deposits were identified during the course of this watching brief. |
Author: |
C Dahlke
V Owen
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Publisher: |
Trent & Peak Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Leicestershire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2019
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Locations: |
Site: |
Ibstock Brick, Ellistown Quarry |
County: |
Leicestershire |
District: |
North West Leicestershire |
Parish: |
ELLISTOWN AND BATTLEFLAT |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 443353, 310708 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
trentpea1-357339 |
OBIB: |
036/2019 |
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Note: |
Grey literature, PDFa
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Created Date: |
16 Feb 2021 |