NHER 50434 (Monument record) - Late Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age flint scatter and natural features containing Bronze Age finds

July-August 2007. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed development site.
The archaeological evidence recorded during this evaluation was largely limited to a surface scatter of prehistoric worked flint and pottery, partly preserved within the hollows of broadly contemporary tree throws. A significant assemblage of worked flint was recovered during the evaluation, from the topsoil and from several tree-throws on the site. The bulk of the assemblage can be dated to the Middle Bronze Age or later, although earlier pieces, including two systematically produced blades, indicate low-level activity during the Mesolithic or Early Neolithic. Late Bronze Age pottery was also recovered from the evaluation trenches.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
A. Cattermole (NLA), 10 October 2007.