An area of around 0/4ha was stripped mechanically under archaeological supervision and archaeological features investigated by hand. The excavation revealed a wide spread of prehistoric pits and a partial ring gully, presumably a round house. Dating evidence and indeed finds of any sort were very scarce and although it is likely that the site saw sporadic use through several periods (Mesolithic, Bronze Age and possibly Roman), the main occupation appears reasonably consistently to contain pottery from the middle to late Iron Age. A radiocarbon date in the 6th or 5th century BC confirms this. Many of the pits were exceptionally deep but a simple explanation as wells is difficult to sustain, as none appeared to reach the watertable.
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