Love's Lane, Dunton Bassett, Leicestershire (OASIS ID: oxfordar1-277741)

Oxford Archaeology Ltd undertook an archaeological evaluation of the site of a proposed housing development in the village of Dunton Bassett, Leicestershire, between 24th October and 2nd November 2016. A D-shaped enclosure ditch, identified by the geophysical survey in the northeastern part of the site, was investigated in three trenches and is thought most likely to date from the late Iron Age, on the basis of pottery finds. The most closely datable artefact recovered is a fine flagon handle of the 1st century AD, recovered from the latest fill of the enclosure ditch. The absence of any definite Roman pottery suggests that the enclosure is most likely to have been abandoned prior to, or during, the Roman conquest period.