Billington, L. (2020). Hinckley Road, Sapcote, Leicestershire. Bar Hill, Cambridgeshire: Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge). https://doi.org/10.5284/1089599. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Hinckley Road, Sapcote, Leicestershire
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Abstract:		 Between January and June of 2019 Oxford Archaeology carried out archaeological excavations to the south of Hinkley Road in Sapcote, Leicestershire (SP 4830 9343), with three separate areas covering a total of 1.7ha. Evidence for prehistoric activity was restricted to a single pit associated with Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age pottery, and most of the features revealed by the excavations related to Romano-British activity, with a set of cojoined rectangular enclosures representing a long-lived, relatively low-status Romano-British farmstead. Although no structural remains were found, a small ditched enclosure may have represented a building compound, and the enclosures were associated with a relatively large number of discrete pits, including a large well. The finds assemblages from the enclosure ditches and associated features were relatively modest but included over 300 sherds of Roman pottery dating from the mid first century to fourth century AD. The fills of several pits within and around the enclosures produced evidence for crop processing and metalworking (smithing) as well as assemblages of fired clay and reused ceramic building material probably representing the remains of ovens. The most notable individual find was a large fragment of quern stone bearing unusual grooved decoration, recovered form on the enclosure ditches. Activity at the site seems to have ended in the fourth century, and later activity is represented by a single pit associated with a small quantity if Anglo-Saxon pottery and by the remains of extensive medieval to postmedieval ridge and furrow. The Roman activity recorded at Hinkley Road represents an important addition to the corpus of excavated Roman rural settlements in this part of Lecistershire and is also significant in terms of its proximity to a major, but poorly understood, villa complex located little over 1km to the east at Calver Hill.
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Author:		 L Billington
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Publisher:		 Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge)
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Leicestershire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2020
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Site: Hinkley Road
County: Leicestershire
District: Blaby
Parish: SAPCOTE
Country: England
Grid Reference: 448300, 293430 (Easting, Northing)
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LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) FLAKE (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) MAMMAL REMAINS (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) NAIL (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) PLANT REMAINS (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) QUERN (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SLAG (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) TILE (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) FIELD SYSTEM (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) STRUCTURE (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: oxfordar3-388449
OBIB: OAE report 2418
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Created Date:		 29 Oct 2021