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Summary

Iron Age activity off Stephens Road, Sleaford.

Full description

PRN 62200
During trial trenching a north-south aligned curvilinear ditch was recorded, this is thought to be an enclosure ditch with a ditch terminal defining the entrance. An east-west gully of the same date was also identified and is thought to be representative of land division. Three sherds of scored ware pottery were recovered from the site, they are of a similar type to those found at the palisaded enclosure to the east (PRN 65280). The environmental assessment of samples from the ditch show no evidence of settlement activity nearby. However, pottery and animal bone recovered from the ditch suggest some form of occupation nearby although it is uncertain what form this took. {1}{2}
Further excavation on the site revealed a series of pits, ditches and the enclosure ditch seen during the evaluation. The enclosure ditch yielded three sherds of middle Iron Age pottery. The pits appear to have been used as refuse pits and tentatively suggest some form of occupation in the vicinity. The ditches probably relate to agricultural activity, and the enclosure may have been used as a livestock paddock. {4}{5}

<1> Archaeological Project Services, 1999, Archaeological Evaluation on land off Stephens Way, Sleaford, SSW99 (Report). SLI7469.

<2> Archaeological Project Services, 1999, Archaeological Evaluation on land off Stephens Way, Sleaford, LCNCC 208.99 (Archive). SLI7470.

<3> Archaeological Project Services, 2002, Archaeological Excavation on land at Stephens Way, Sleaford, SWS 02 (Report). SLI8280.

<4> Archaeological Project Services, 2002, Archaeological Excavation on land at Stephens Way, Sleaford, LCNCC:2002.342 (Archive). SLI8281.

Monument Types

• DITCH (Middle Iron Age - 400 BC to 101 BC)
• ENCLOSURE (Middle Iron Age - 400 BC to 101 BC)
• GULLY (Middle Iron Age - 400 BC to 101 BC)
• PIT (Middle Iron Age - 400 BC to 101 BC)

Associated Finds

• ANIMAL REMAINS (Middle Iron Age - 400 BC to 101 BC)
• SAMPLE (Middle Iron Age - 400 BC to 101 BC)
• SHERD (Middle Iron Age - 400 BC to 101 BC)

Associated Events

• Archaeological evaluation on land off Stephens Way
• Geophysical survey on land off Stephens Way
• Archaeological excavation on land at Stephens Way

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