An Early Neolithic pit, a Bronze Age ring ditch and burnt mound, and Anglo-Saxon halls at Watersplash Farm, Shepperton, Surrey

Large areas to be quarried were stripped mechanically under archaeological supervision and archaeological features excavated by hand. The main features recorded comprised a ring ditch, a burnt mound, inhumation burial and Anglo-Saxon halls. In addition there was a single Early Neolithic pit, Bronze Age occupation, and post-medieval features. The burnt mound, with a trough, was of Middle Bronze Age date and was sited in typical fashion on the edge of the terrace of the small river Ash. Such sites are thought to be communal cooking places but are infrequently recorded in Southern England in contrast to Highland Britain and Ireland. The two Anglo-Saxon post-built halls and two possible sunken floored buildings are typical of the period and reflect small farming settlements. The chronology is supported by seven radiocarbon dates.