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Name:	Iron Age enclosure north-west of Newhall, Thurlaston
HER Ref:	MLE330

Parish:	Thurlaston, Blaby, Leicestershire
Grid Reference:	SK 506 006
Map:	Coming soon

Monument Types

SUB CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Middle Iron Age to Late Roman - 400 BC? to 250 AD?)

Summary

In the late 1970s the enclosure's ditch survived to a depth of about a metre; pottery dating from the Middle Iron Age to the Roman period was found on the site during fieldwalking. Today it is only visible as a cropmark.

Additional Information

<1> Historic England, National Heritage List for England, https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1005047 (Index). SLE7874.

No Scheduled Monument description.
Date of Scheduling not known.

<2> Leicestershire SMR Comment, PL (undated) (Unpublished document). SLE7870.

A shallow earthwork of sub-circular shape was found from the air by Jim Pickering in 1977.

<3> 1977-8, Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, Volume 53, Vol 53 (1977-8), p80-1 (Journal). SLE5951.

It was fieldwalked by MW and Miss Linford who found a scatter of Iron Age and Roman pottery starting perhaps in the Middle Iron Age and running up to 250-300 AD.

<4> Leicestershire SMR Comment, PL (undated) (Unpublished document). SLE7870.

Ridge and furrow ran up to, but not over, the earthworks.
The site was re-surveyed by RFH on 17/02/84.
It is presumably the same type as Grove Farm, Enderby.

<5> 2016, National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) accessioning (Website). SLE4981.

SUMMARY: "Iron Age enclosure, Thurlaston. No further information."
URL: 'https://nrhe-to-her.esdm.co.uk/NRHE/RecordDetail.aspx?pageid=45&he_uid=316988', accessioned 20/09/2024.

<6> Scheduled Monument List/Amendment, Eng Heritage SAMs Leic 31-12-87 3 (Scheduling record). SLE7368.

SK 506006. Iron Age enclosure, Thurlaston. Scheduled.

<7> Scheduled Monument List/Amendment, DOE (IAM) Record Form, plan, 7-12-78 (Scheduling record). SLE7368.

See <6>

<8> Scheduled Monument List/Amendment, English Heritage SAM List Leicestershire March 1994 3 (Scheduling record). SLE7368.

See <6>

Sources

<1>	Index: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1005047.
<2>	Unpublished document: Leicestershire SMR Comment. PL (undated).
<3>	Journal: 1977-8. Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, Volume 53. Vol 53 (1977-8), p80-1.
<4>	Unpublished document: Leicestershire SMR Comment. PL (undated).
<5>	Website: 2016. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) accessioning.
<6>	Scheduling record: Scheduled Monument List/Amendment. Eng Heritage SAMs Leic 31-12-87 3.
<7>	Scheduling record: Scheduled Monument List/Amendment. DOE (IAM) Record Form, plan, 7-12-78.
<8>	Scheduling record: Scheduled Monument List/Amendment. English Heritage SAM List Leicestershire March 1994 3.