Churchill, D., OMeara, D., Railton, M. D. and Wooler, F. (2012). Mirehouse to Long Close Farm, Bassenthwaite, Keswick. Wardell Armstrong Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1090135. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Mirehouse to Long Close Farm, Bassenthwaite, Keswick
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Series:		 Wardell Armstrong Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 The total length of the proposed route affects approximately 3km of pasture land on the east side of Bassenthwaite Lake, west of the A591 trunk road. The section of the route is of archaeological interest as it lies close to several known archaeological sites including the course of a possible Roman road between Keswick and Caermote Roman fort . A number of other cultural heritage sites recorded in the Lake District Historic Environment Record (LDHER) have been identified along the route. Geophysical anomalies were detected within three areas, which potentially represented soil-filled ditches, and may have been associated with the Roman road. Roman road, due to the similar alignments to the projected course of the Roman road between Keswick and Caermote Roman fort. The curving features detected in Area 5 are considered to be least likely to be Roman in date, and was thought to represent part of a curvilinear enclosure, of possible prehistoric date. The geophysical anomalies detected in these three areas were therefore targeted in the subsequent trial trench evaluation. The archaeological evaluation was undertaken over 4 days from the 16th October to the 19th October 2012. The evaluation involved the excavation of two 12m and two 13m, 1.6m-wide evaluation trenches, totalling 80m² of excavation on the proposed route of the underground service (Trenches 1 - 4). A single feature was identified, gully [304] within Trench 3 as the only archaeological feature within the 4 trenches. Despite this, no artefactual remains were present within the exposed length of gully, and therefore the purpose and date of the feature is unclear. Of the other features identified as part of the geophysical investigation, a large possible paleochannel was recorded within Trench 2, and depressions caused by vehicular access and egress from Areas 3 and 9 were observed within Trenches 1 and 4
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Author:		 D. Churchill
D OMeara
Martin D Railton ORCID icon
Fiona Wooler ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 Wardell Armstrong Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Lake District National Park HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2012
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Site: Mirehouse to Long Close Farm
County: Cumbria
District: Allerdale
Parish: BASSENTHWAITE
Country: England
Grid Reference: 323218, 528356 (Easting, Northing)
Grid Reference: 323986, 526655 (Easting, Northing)
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TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT) (Event)
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OASIS Id: wardella2-136206
OBIB: CP10316
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Created Date:		 29 Oct 2021