Later Bronze Age field system and occupation, and Middle Saxon enclosure at at Moor Lane, Staines, Surrey: an archaeological excavation

Key Points

• The aim is to explore archaeological features and structures from the Late Bronze Age and Middle Saxon period.
• Mechanical stripping of a 0.6ha area under archaeological supervision
• Manual investigation and sampling of archaeological features
• Identification and dating of pottery to establish chronological phases
• Discovery of rectilinear field boundaries and pits dated to the Late Bronze Age or earliest Iron Age
• Identification of three phases of Early to Middle Saxon land division
• Evidence of boundaries continuing into the Medieval period