Monument record 2541/0/1 - Site of late Neolithic/early Bronze Age activity, Watford Lodge

Trial excavation found two small pits and a gully. One of the pits contained a significant quantity of Beaker pottery and the other a small number of worked flints

{1} Trial trench excavation along the route of the propsoed access track for a wind farm development found a small number of features. A small pit contained 14 chipped stone finds which were unlikely to be later than Bronze Age in date and another pit contained significant quanties of early Bronze Age (Beaker) pottery. The presence of an almost-complete Beaker vessel within this pit may suggest it was ritually deposited. Also found was charcoal, hazel nutshell and a single unidentified animal bone.

The two pits were some distance apart and may not be contemporary. The undated gully may be of more modern, agricultural origin.

<1> Jeffrey, E, 2015, Watford Lodge Wind Farm: Archaeological evaluation and watching brief report (Report). SNN111219.

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Sep 26 2018 1:05PM