1 Observation of topsoil stripping in February-March 1994 on behalf of Alfred McAlpine construction Ltd revealed the presence of a Romano-British rural settlement covering c.3.5ha. The settlement consisted of ...
Evidence of a Romano-British Rural Settlement found at Abbots Salford Quarry. The decision was made to exclude the site from extraction and it was subsequently reburied.
1 First recorded by Stukeley. By 1920 it was 0.23m high, but in 1982 it had not been lowered very much. In 1982 two quadrants were excavated indicating that very ...
The site of a round barrow, probably of Bronze Age date. It is visible as an earthwork and is situated 750m south east of The Hollows.
1 Site threatened by gravel extraction and excavated by CADAS from 1965-70. A Late Bronze Age cremation cemetery and enclosure were discovered, overlain by an Iron Age settlement (PRN 5510). ...
The remains of a Bronze Age cremation cemetery and an enclosure were found during an excavation. The remains were found 600m east of Bubbenhall.
Prehistoric features and finds
1 Ongoing excavations at Ling Hall Quarry (1989-1999) have uncovered several features/finds of prehistoric date. A small group of Mesolithic flints represents the earliest human activity ...
Ongoing excavations at Ling Hall Quarry (1989-1999) have uncovered various features of Prehistoric date. These include Mesolithic flints, Bronze Age burial remains, pit alignments and Iron Age hut circle and land holdings. Also pits, post holes, gullies and multi-period finds.
1 An area containing numerous large ditches and pits, together with burials. Several boundary or enclosure ditches were excavated, including F2 which was a palisade ditch. F4 enclosed a large ...
Enclosures, ditches, pits, human burials were found during an archaeological excavation. Pottery and metal work were found in large quantities. Roman artefacts date back to the 1st century. The site was located south of Cottage Farm, near Stretton on Fosse.