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Husbands Bosworth Causewayed Enclosure

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  • Monument No. 1242724

Nearest Town:Market Harborough (11km NE)
OS Ref (GB):   SP635825 / Sheet: 140
Latitude:52° 26' 10.81" N
Longitude:   1° 3' 56.94" W

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Details of Causewayed Enclosure on Pastscape

A Neolithic causewayed enclosure identified in the summer of 1999 following geophysical survey in the area of a flint scatter near Husbands Bosworth. The site comprises two closely-spaced concentric circuits of interrupted ditch enclosing an area of circa 1.5 hectares. Trial trenching has recovered late Neolithic pottery and flint from the upper levels of the ditches. There is some suggestion of an internal bank, while post holes between the two ditch circuits have been tentatively interpreted as some kind of revetment for the bank.
Chance Posted by Chance
16th February 2014ce

A Passage from The Scheduled Ancient monuments of Leicestershire and Rutland, by Leonard Cantor:
In the parish of Husbands Bosworth, 175 metres
west of Wheler Lodge Farm (HARBOROUGH, O.S.140 SP640823),
the buried remains of a large causewayed enclosure have
been revealed by recent geophysical survey and
excavations. Two concentric interupted ditches survive
well as a buried feature, and are likely to preserve
artefacts such as pottery fragments and flint tools. Over
50 such enclosures have been recorded nationally,
constructed in the Neolithic period, between about 3000
and 2400BC and continued in use later. They were used for
various functions including settlement, defence and
ceremonial and funerary purposes. Amongst the earliest
field monuments to survive in the modern landscape, they
are considered to be of national importance.
broen Posted by broen
24th November 2005ce
Edited 24th November 2005ce

"There are very few neolithic monuments known from Leicestershire and until recently there were no known causewayed enclosures. One has now been identified following gradiometer survey by University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS), directed by Adrian Butler; targeting a flint scatter at Husbands Bosworth (SK 635 825) in the south of the county. Situated on a sand and gravel spur overlooking a small valley, the monument consists of a closely-grouped concentric circuit consisting of a double ring of interrupted ditches enclosing an ovoid area covering c. 1.5 ha." Prehistoric Society Posted by BrigantesNation
11th August 2003ce

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University of Leicester Archaeological Services


Living on the Edge - The Environs of a Neolithic Causewayed Enclosure
Chance Posted by Chance
16th February 2014ce
Edited 24th February 2014ce

The Scheduled Ancient monuments of Leicestershire and Rutland


An on-line book by Leonard Cantor giving brief info of local sites (PDF).
broen Posted by broen
24th November 2005ce
Edited 24th November 2005ce

University of Leicester Archeological services ULAS


Living on the Edge - pdf format with images of archeology
broen Posted by broen
1st October 2005ce

Full Prehistoric Society article


Posted by BrigantesNation
11th August 2003ce