Harborough, London Road, Great Glen (OASIS ID: oxfordar1-296219)

In September 2016 Oxford Archaeology undertook archaeological investigations on an area of land to the north of London Road on the edge of Great Glen in Leicestershire (centred on SP 6514 9809). The investigations were undertaken as part of a housing development and consisted of three parts: an open area excavation, a watching brief, and a geoarchaeological trench. The open area excavation revealed the remains of a penannular gully dating to the Middle or Late Iron Age with a near complete ceramic jar intentionally deposited in one of its terminals. The feature almost certainly represents an Iron Age roundhouse with an accompanying structured deposit. The only other archaeological features were two plough furrows, one of which severely truncated the penannular gully, part of the medieval/post-medieval open field system of Great Glen.

2016年9月，牛津考古（Oxford Archaeology）受委托在莱斯特郡（Leicestershire）大格伦（Great Glen）边缘伦敦路北侧的一片区域（中心坐标SP 6514 9809）开展考古调查。本次调查作为住宅开发项目的组成部分，包含三项内容：开放式区域发掘、监视性发掘（watching brief）以及地质考古探沟（geoarchaeological trench）。开放式区域发掘揭露了一处可追溯至铁器时代中晚期的环形沟（penannular gully）遗存，其一端终端处被有意放置了一件近乎完整的陶瓷罐。该遗存大概率代表一处铁器时代圆形房屋（roundhouse）及其伴生的结构性沉积（structured deposit）。其余仅存的两处考古遗存为两条犁沟（plough furrows），其中一条严重损毁了该环形沟，这两处犁沟属于大格伦中世纪及后中世纪开放式田庄系统（medieval/post-medieval open field system）的组成部分。