Lockington Quarry (Phase 8), Lockington, Leicestershire. Archaeological Evaluation (OASIS ID: cotswold2-299226)

In June 2017, Cotswold Archaeology carried out an archaeological evaluation for Phase 8 of the Lockington Quarry Extension, near Lockington, Leicestershire. The evaluation, which was commissioned by Archaeologica Ltd on behalf of Lafarge Tarmac Trading Ltd, was undertaken in order to comply with the requirements of a planning condition that had been attached to planning consent for the quarry extension by Leicestershire County Council. The evaluation comprised the excavation of eleven 30m trial trenches. The remains of a post-medieval/modern field boundary ditch was identified in the centre of the site, its position and alignment suggesting that the modern field once comprised two smaller fields. The boundary is not shown on the First Edition 1884 Ordnance Survey map of the area, indicating that the boundary had been removed before this date. The other dated feature was a relatively large pit of a similar date, which may have been dug to extract sand and gravel. Four undated ditches in the western half of the site are probably the remains of an earlier agricultural field system, probably associated with the Late Iron Age/Roman settlement c. 300m to the north-west of the current site.

2017年6月，科茨沃尔德考古事务所（Cotswold Archaeology）为莱斯特郡洛金顿附近的洛金顿采石场扩建工程第八阶段开展考古评估。本次评估由Archaeologica有限公司受拉法基塔麦克贸易有限公司（Lafarge Tarmac Trading Ltd）委托开展，旨在满足莱斯特郡议会为该采石场扩建工程规划许可所附加的规划条件要求。本次评估共开挖11条30米长的试掘探沟。在遗址中部发现一处后中世纪至现代的田界沟渠遗存，其位置与走向表明，该现代田块曾被划分为两个更小的田块。该田界未见于该区域1884年第一版英国地形测量局（Ordnance Survey）地形图，说明该田界在此日期之前已被移除。另一处可判定年代的遗存为一处年代相近的大型坑穴，其开挖用途或为提取砂石。遗址西半部的4条未标定年代的沟渠，大概率为早期农业田界系统遗存，该系统可能与距当前遗址西北约300米处的铁器时代晚期/罗马时期聚落相关。