Walton, P., Brindle, T. and Barker, J. (2022). Land East of Hinckley Island Hotel, Watling Street, Burbage, Leicestershire: Archaeological Excavation. Cirencester: Cotswold Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1107319. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land East of Hinckley Island Hotel, Watling Street, Burbage, Leicestershire: Archaeological Excavation
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Series:		 Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1107319
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 The fieldwork followed the methodology set out within the WSI (CA 2018) and involved excavation of three areas totalling 4.96 hectares. These comprised Area 1 (0.49 ha), Area 2 (3.6 ha) and Area 3 (0.87 ha), which were located to target archaeological features identified in the evaluation trenches. Between July 2018 and January 2019, Cotswold Archaeology carried out an archaeological excavation on land east of Hinckley Island Hotel, Watling Street, Burbage, Leicestershire. Three areas covering a total of 4.96ha were excavated across the development area. The excavation revealed evidence of past occupation spanning the Early Neolithic, Iron Age Roman and Early medieval periods. The earliest activity was represented by an assemblage of Mesolithic and/or Early Neolithic worked flints recovered from later features, but firm evidence for Early Neolithic occupation was provided by two pits. Two pit alignments of probable Iron Age date were identified, with pottery and a radiocarbon date suggesting that at least one of these alignments was in use during the Middle to Late Iron Age. A roundhouse was possibly contemporaneous with the pit alignments. Roman period remains comprised features associated with rural settlement including a boundary ditch, rectilinear enclosures and an aisled building, probably representing a farmstead of complex form. Pottery and coin evidence suggests activity did not continue long into the 4th-century AD. Two possible Sunken-Featured Buildings and pits containing 5th to 9th century pottery represent renewed activity during the Early medieval period. Later medieval and post-medieval remains included agricultural ridge and furrow along with field boundary ditches. Artefacts included a moderately large pottery assemblage and a small late 3rd century AD coin hoard, while charred botanical remains provide some insights into the site’s economy and local environment. A small group of three radiocarbon dates confirmed activity within the Middle Iron Age and Early Roman period.
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Author:		 P Walton
Tom Brindle ORCID icon
Jo Barker
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Publisher:		 Cotswold Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2022
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District: Hinckley and Bosworth
County: Leicestershire
Country: England
Parish: Burbage
Grid Reference: 444309, 290749 (Easting, Northing)
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EXCAVATION (Event)
ROMAN BOUNDARY DITCH (Tag)
IRON AGE PIT ALIGNMENT (Tag)
EARLY NEOLITHIC LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Tag)
ROMAN COIN HOARD (Tag)
PIT ALIGNMENT (Monument Type England)
BOUNDARY DITCH (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL RIDGE AND FURROW (Tag)
MEDIEVAL FIELD BOUNDARY (Tag)
MESOLITHIC LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Tag)
ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC) (Monument Type England)
SETTLEMENT (Monument Type England)
PIT (Monument Type England)
COIN HOARD (Object England)
ROMAN RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Tag)
EARLY MEDIEVAL PIT (Tag)
POST MEDIEVAL FIELD BOUNDARY (Tag)
ROMAN AISLED BUILDING (Tag)
ROMAN FARMSTEAD (Tag)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
GRUBENHAUS (Monument Type England)
FIELD BOUNDARY (Monument Type England)
RIDGE AND FURROW (Monument Type England)
IRON AGE ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC) (Tag)
EARLY MEDIEVAL GRUBENHAUS (Tag)
FARMSTEAD (Monument Type England)
RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
ROMAN SETTLEMENT (Tag)
AISLED BUILDING (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL RIDGE AND FURROW (Tag)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
EARLY NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
MESOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: cotswold2-511871
Report id: MK0318_1
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Created Date:		 03 Jul 2023