Brown, S. (2019). Land off Hillside Road, Castle Gresley Swadlincote, Derbyshire. Archaeological Evaluation. Wessex Archaeology.

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Title:		 Land off Hillside Road, Castle Gresley Swadlincote, Derbyshire. Archaeological Evaluation
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Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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Number of Pages:		 46
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Abstract:		 Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Heyford Developments Limited to undertake an archaeological evaluation of a 5.2 ha parcel of land located off Hillside Road, Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, centred on NGR 42810 31760 (SK 2810 1760). The evaluation was requested by Sarah Whitely, Derbyshire County Council (DCC) development control archaeologist, to inform the planning permission application (Ref: 9/2019/0124). The evaluation comprised 16 trial trenches ( 3% sample) which was carried out between 03/06/19 and 10/06/19. The evaluation revealed archaeological features across the proposed development area, and substantial colluvial layers with depths exceeding 1.2 m in places that limited the excavation of some features. The evaluation area spanned three fields. The north-western field (field 1) contained several ditches, with two large ditches appearing across three trial trenches that were indicative of a bivallate hilltop enclosure. Adjacent shallower ditches potentially formed internal features. The archaeological remains in the eastern field (field 2) comprised ditches and a pit that correlated with a previous geophysical survey (Wardell Armstrong 2018a), and were indicative of a small enclosure. The only find of the evaluation, a possible rubber stone/whetstone, was recovered from a pit within this field. The remains within the south-western field (field 3) comprised ditches and pits aligning in places with the geophysical survey (Wardell Armstrong 2018a). These features may be part of a field system. There were no dateable finds recovered during the evaluation, limiting the ability to firmly date any of the features. The lack of finds combined with the depth of colluvium covering the archaeological features is suggestive of a prehistoric date but is by no means definitive. The site archive will be deposited with Derby Museums in due course under accession number DBYMU 2020-11.
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Author:		 Simon Brown
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Other Person/Org:		 Lorraine Mepham (Author contributing)
Fiona Eaglesham (Author contributing)
Samantha Rogerson (Author contributing)
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Year of Publication:		 2019
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Created Date:		 10 Feb 2022