Knave Hill, Stonton Wyville, Leicestershire - Wessex Archaeology

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9 ARCHIVE ..........................................................................................................1610 REFERENCES ..................................................................................................17TablesTable 1Table 2Finds totals by material type and by trenchPottery totals by ware typeAppendix 1: Trench SummariesFiguresFront cover Trench 1 under excavationFigure 1 Location of site and trenchesFigure 2 Results of geophysical surveyFigure 3 Plan of Trench 1Figure 4 Trench 1: position of more defined, substantial postholesFigure 5 Trench 1: selected featuresPlate 1: View of Trench 1, from the north-eastPlate 2: Posthole 1013, from the westPlate 3: Small pit 154 before excavationPlate 4: Fire pit 150Figure 6 Trench 2: planPlate 5: Trench 2, from the northFigure 7 Trench 3: planPlate 6: Trench 3, from the northFigure 8 Trench 4: plan showing defined, substantial postholesPlate 7: Trench 4, from the north-eastFigure 9 Site features and phasing, Trenches 1, 2 and 4Back cover Trench 1 under excavationii
Knave Hill, Stonton Wyville, LeicestershireArchaeological Evaluation and Assessment of ResultsSummaryIn July 2007 an archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s ‘TimeTeam’ at the site of Knave Hill, Stonton Wyville, Leicestershire (NGR 474190293356), to investigate the existence of a possible Anglo-Saxon settlement site. Thisarea had been previously identified by a systematic fieldwalking survey whichrecovered the largest concentration of Anglo-Saxon pottery identified by fieldwalking in Leicestershire to date.Geophysical survey and excavation identified a large ‘D’-shaped enclosure, whichproved on excavation to date to the Late Iron Age to Romano-British period. Anotherpossible enclosure was identified lying 120m to the east. In addition, excavationrevealed two possible Anglo-Saxon post-built structures, suggesting that the Saxonsettlement focus lies to the north-west of the ‘D’-shaped enclosure. This activity wasnot visible to the geophysical survey.Dating evidence recovered was relatively limited (pottery and coins), and the Saxonpottery in particular is not susceptible to close dating; it is currently dated broadly asearly/middle Anglo-Saxon (5 th to 8 th century AD). The date range of the Romano-British finds (pottery and coins) appears to span the period from 1 st century AD (withsome possible pre-conquest pottery) to 4 th century AD, although continuity of activitythroughout the period cannot be demonstrated, and the four late Romano-British coinsrecovered, three of which were perforated for suspension, could in fact have beencollected and re-used during the Anglo-Saxon period.iii
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