Site Event/Activity record ELI14387 - Trial trenching at Stamford West

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 01099 06969 (797m by 861m) Surveyed
Civil Parish STAMFORD, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

Technique(s)

  • Trial Trenching

Organisation

Archaeological Project Services

Date

From 21 Feb 2012 to 05 Mar 2012 (between)

Map

Description

Fifteen trial trenches were excavated on land at Stamford West to inform a proposed development. Trenches were placed to target cropmarks and geophysical anomalies identified in a prior phase of magnetometry survey (see ELI14386), while also providing coverage of the rest of the site. The remains of an ironworking furnace of Early-Mid Ion Age date were encountered towards the north of the site, and the presence of the rectilinear cropmark enclosure in the centre of the site was confirmed. Pottery recovered from the fills of the boundary ditch suggested a probable Mid-Late Iron Age date for this feature. Also encountered were a number of Iron Age and undated ditches. From the backfill of one ditch an Early-Mid Bronze Age or Saxon copper alloy bar ingot, a lead shot, and a 13th-14th century potsherd were recovered. {1}{2}

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Sources/Archives (2)

  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. 2012. Archaeological Evaluation: Stamford West Field, Stamford. APS Site Code: STWF 11.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. 2011. Archaeological Evaluation: Stamford West Field, Stamford. LCNCC: 2011.418.

Related Monuments/Buildings (4)

  • Iron Age enclosure and round houses, Stamford West (Monument)
  • Iron Age metalworking site, Stamford West (Monument)
  • Late Iron Age or Roman ditches, Stamford West (Monument)
  • Possible undated enclosure, Stamford (Monument)

Record last edited

Nov 14 2024 4:49PM

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