Monument record 9999/1 - Possible Prehistoric and Roman activity, near Versions Farm

The site contained a palaeosol, cut by a prehistoric pit, and overlain by colluvium infilling a dry valley. Within the layers of colluvium were Roman remains comprising three inhumation burials and fragments of probable field systems together pottery and small finds.

{1} Investigations at Versions Farm were focused upon understanding the geoarchaeological sequences with a focus on addressing HERDS objectives as set out by the Change Control. A palaeosol was found that extended down the valley side. Cut from within the palaeosol in the lowest part of the valley floor was a pit that contained worked flints. A quartz hammerstone, which was thought to be of Palaeolithic or Mesolithic date, was also recovered from the palaeosol in close proximity. Other worked flints were also found within the palaeosol, and from the overlying colluvium. In addition, during the investigations three human inhumations, pits and boundary features, and some small finds were found at a relatively high level within the colluvium, thought to be of Roman date.

<1> Ben Turner, Amber Robinson, Al Rae, Katherine Pattillo and Joel Goodchild, 2023, AWHi Interim Report for Fieldwalking and Construction Integrated Recording of Flint Scatters in No-Data (blank) Areas C23. Site Codes: 1C21NORCI, 1C21HAFCI, 1C21NILCI, 1C21VERC (Report). SNN117085.

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