Parkinson, C. (2022). Evaluation at White House Farm, Burbage. Sheffield: ECUS ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1105516. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Evaluation at White House Farm, Burbage
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Series:		 ECUS Ltd unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Ecus were commissioned to perform an Archaeological Evaluation in advance of a residential development on land north of White Farm House, Burbage, Leicestershire. Ten 30m x 1.8m trenches were excavated. Several previously unrecorded features were identified during the evaluation; significantly three pits with degraded waterlogged fills and a group of partially waterlogged wooden poles within Trenches 5 and 6. The poles and pits, and a ditch were located in the area of concentric geophysical anomalies, which may represent the edge of a low lying area or former pond. There is no clear interpretation for the wooden poles (605) found in Trench 6; they were all straight, of a similar circumference and either carefully laid down or deposited in a tied bundle. The overlying clay deposit probably accumulated in waterlogged conditions, and they may represent an attempt to maintain or make use of a wetland environment. Based on the nature of the surrounding archaeological landscape, the poles are feasibly prehistoric or Romano-British in date, and may represent material for an incomplete area of fencing at the edge of a low lying area or other woodworking activity in the area. Alternatively, they may have been associated with a spring to the south or feasibly the Bronze Age cremation cemetery to the north, with a ceremonial or funerary purpose. Further excavation would be required to establish the presence, extent and form of any similar deposits beyond the excavated trench. The pits in Trenches 5 and 6 (504, 603 and fill 606) produced no clear evidence of their function, but contained significant amounts of preserved fragments of wood, which may be associated with the cutting and working of the poles 605 or other woodworking activity in the area. Two possible field boundary ditches identified in Trenches 2 and 3 may have formed field boundaries associated with Iron Age or Romano-British activity identified to the north of the site. A worked flint of uncertain date was recovered from the topsoil within Trench 3.
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Author:		 Craig Parkinson
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Publisher:		 ECUS ltd
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Year of Publication:		 2022
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District: Hinckley and Bosworth
County: Leicestershire
Country: England
Parish: Burbage
Grid Reference: 444229, 291839 (Easting, Northing)
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EVALUATION (Event)
PIT (Monument Type England)
LATER PREHISTORIC PIT (Tag)
LATER PREHISTORIC POLE (Tag)
FIELD SYSTEM (Monument Type England)
LATER PREHISTORIC FIELD SYSTEM (Tag)
POLE (Object England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: ecusltd1-508219
Report id: 18954
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Created Date:		 13 Mar 2023