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Monument record MDR4303 - Prehistoric landscape, Frizams Lane, Twyford and Stenson

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SK 3184 2908. A complex of ring ditches (27402) and enclosures (27403) at SK 318 291, first discovered by St Joseph from the air, was investigated by Hughes and Kay. A large ditch circle visible on the air photograph measured over 80 feet in diameter and was thought to be the drainage ditch of an Iron Age house; a rectangular enclosure with two openings being a stockade of the same period. Smaller circles were thought to represent huts of the Romano-British period. A limited excavation revealed only one piece of Iron Age pottery, but some fragments of Derbyshire ware were found on the surface, turned up by the plough. The Royal Commission records rectangular enclosures attached to a straight ditch line at SK 321 290. (1-4) Site under crop. No visible remains. (10) Scheduled; number 251. (6) Cropmarks plotted on map overlay, 1:10,000. (10) At SK 3190 2899, an indistinct curvilinear feature is apparent, this could be a continuation of the Neolithic Potlock Cursus from the west of Frizam's Lane, to the south of the enclosure complex. (11-12) Other excavation information. (13) Numerous cropmarks were identified and plotted in this area during an aerial photographic mapping survey carried out in 2009-10. The cropmarks largely represent a later prehistoric/Roman landscape; comprising circular, curvilinear and rectilinear enclosures, and field boundaries and ditches. They extend further than the scheduled area. Cropmarks relating to the Neolithic cursus were also plotted. Medieval ridge and furrow cropmarks and earthworks were also identified in this area. (14)

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  • <1a> Aerial Photograph: St Joseph, J K. J K St Joseph YU 59.
  • <1b> Article in serial: Hughes, R. 1961. 'Archaeological sites in the Trent Valley, South Derbyshire', Derbyshire Archaeological Journal. Volume 81, pp149-150.
  • <2> Article in serial: Kay, S. 1962. 'The Romano-British pottery kilns at Hazelwood and Holbrook, Derbyshire', Derbyshire Archaeological Journal. Volume 82, pp 21-42. p. 39.
  • <3> Bibliographic reference: RCHME.
  • <4> Aerial Photograph: St Joseph, J K. J K St Joseph ABA 39.
  • <5> Personal Observation: F1 JB 26-JUL-66.
  • <6> Bibliographic reference: Department of the Environment. 1978. AM Record Form 6.2.78.
  • <7> Aerial Photograph: Pickering, J. 3128/16;3129/1-5;10-15,30,31;slides526 (25/7/72); 317,318,320 (19/7/72); 394-5 (22/7/71).
  • <8> Aerial Photograph: St. Joseph, J. K.. Cambridge: St.Joseph: CAM AFY 29,30 (3129).
  • <9> Index: TPAT. 2035. 2035.
  • <10> Archive: Whiteley, S. 1989. Aerial Photographic Transcripton Project.
  • <11> Unpublished document: Knight, D (TPAT). 1994. A 564 (T) Derby Southern Bypass. Summary of Rescue Archaeological Works at Aston Cursus, Potlock Cursus and Swarkestone Lowes..
  • <12> Unpublished document: Trent & Peak Archaeological Trust (TPAT). 1992. Archaeology of the Derby Southern Bypass, Implication of the Construction of the Bypass Between Hilton and the M1.. pp. 37-39.
  • <13> Unpublished document: Guilbert, G. 1990. Potlock Cursus - 1989/90 Summary Report to Derbyshire Archaeological Advisory Committee. May 1990.
  • <14> Digital data: Archaeological Research Services (ARS) Ltd. 2009/2010. Aerial Photographic Mapping Survey carried out as part of an Aggregates Resource Project.

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Grid reference Centred SK 32092 29039 (853m by 533m) (Approximate)
Civil Parish TWYFORD AND STENSON, SOUTH DERBYSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE

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Feb 12 2018 10:48AM

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