NHER 39592 (Monument record) - Roman settlement

From July 2003. Excavation.
Small scale, hand dug excavation undertaken on a casual yet professional basis. From context 1.
A small trench centred on a pottery concentration has revealed part of a Romano-British settlement, including an enclosure ditch with some evidence of structures within. The early indications are that it is a low to medium status farmstead. Finds include quantities of locally produced pottery, Nar valley wares including mortaria, a Horningsea storage jar and some samian. Roof tiles have been found within the backfilling of the enclosure ditch.
Information from (S1).
D. Holburn (HES), 7 October 2011.

2004. Excavation.
Ongoing private research excavation.
Further evidence has come to light indicating a heavy bias towards Romano-British ritual activity, with intricate ditches and pits containing deposits of animal skulls and non-butchered bones. Three newborn human skeletons have also been found, one in association with a ritually laid-out animal skeleton, probably of a young sheep. Finds include large amounts of pottery, roof tiles, quernstones, brooches, vessel glass, spindle whorls, loomweight, jet bead, bone pin and pin beater, and a dozen coins with a date range of AD140-293. Counterfeit coin production may have been taking place on site. Earlier finds include sherds of an Early-Mid Neolithic Grimston-type ware bowl, Neolithic flint tools, a sherd of Beaker pottery, Bronze Age coarsewares and several sherds of Iron Age date.
Information from (S2).
D. Holburn (HES), 27 September 2011.

2005. Excavation.
Ongoing private research excavation.
A new area was opened up in 2005, revealing prehistoric remains, and a scatter of Roman pottery. A cluster of small pits were discovered, containing Early-Middle Neolithic Grimston-type pottery, similar to that found at Broome Heath and Spong Hill, dating to around 3500-3000 BC, as well as worked flints. A few sherds of Beaker and Bronze Age pottery were also found, along with over two dozen finely worked horseshoe and thumbnail-type scrapers. There is possible evidence of a structure indicated by post-holes, but this has yet to be examined. A series of complex silt layers stretching across the site and sealing prehistoric contexts have been tentatively explored, and will be investigated more thoroughly.
Information from (S3).
D. Holburn (HES), 26 September 2011.