LATE MESOLITHIC and BEAKER ASSEMBLAGES from EXCAVATIONS at LOUGHBOROUGH ROAD, ASFORDBY Wayne Jarvis
LATE MESOLITHIC AND BEAKER ASSEMBLAGES FROM EXCAVATIONS AT LOUGHBOROUGH ROAD, ASFORDBY Wayne Jarvis with contributions from: Matthew Beamish, Lynden Cooper, Nicholas J. Cooper, Angela Monckton, Harriet Anne Jacklin, Göran Possnert and Ingela Sundström Between 2009 and 2011, archaeological excavations were carried out by University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) on a site at Loughborough Road, Asfordby, Leicestershire (SK 701 192), which revealed traces of activity dating to the Mesolithic, Late Neolithic–Early Bronze Age and Iron Age periods. The work was carried out on behalf of Jelson Ltd, in advance of and during residential development of the site. This report highlights evidence of Late Neolithic–Early Bronze Age occupation which yielded a significant assemblage of worked flint, and the largest assemblage of Beaker pottery found so far in Leicestershire, and of earlier occupation in the form of a Late Mesolithic lithic assemblage preserved in a tree throw hole. The site archive will be held with Leicestershire County Council, under the accession number X.A124. 2008. INTRODUCTION During excavations carried out in advance of residential development at Loughborough Road, Asfordby, Leicestershire, archaeological activity was identified from the Mesolithic, Late Neolithic–Early Bronze Age and Iron Age periods. The site is located on the north-west edge of Asfordby village, to the south of the A6006 and on the north-east side of Loughborough Road at NGR SK 701 192 (Fig. 1). It covers an area of c.1.8ha, which had been undeveloped pasture since the late nineteenth century. The site lies at a height of between c.75.6m OD at the west and c.78.3m in the centre-north of the site, where there is a slight crest.
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