Burton Lazars, Leicestershire - Archaeological Evaluation

Wessex Archaeology

A small finds assemblage was retrieved, comprising a single sherd of medieval pottery and fragments of post-medieval ceramic land drains. The evaluation revealed no remains pre-dating the medieval period and the results broadly corresponded with the earlier geophysical survey. The pond located in trench 1 matched an identified anomaly and also corresponded with a feature recorded on historical Ordinance Survey mapping. Trench 2 contained a ditch which was not identified by the geophysical survey. It was most likely related to a nearby field boundary, also present on historic mapping. The linear anomalies identified in trench 3 were shown to be bands of natural geological substrate lying within an alluvial deposit.