NHER 66332 (Monument record) - Late Bronze Age pit and other, undated pits and ditches

May 2018. Desk-based Assessment.
Environmental Impact Assessment of the potential impacts of the proposed Hornsea Project Three offshore wind farm on the historic environment. This study incorporated the results of an initial walkover survey and the first phases of geophysical survey.
See relevant chapter of Environmental Statement and associated appendices for further detail (S1).
P. Watkins (HES), 18 July 2023.

November 2021-March 2022. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometer survey of site on proposed route of Hornsea Project Three offshore wind farm onshore cable (Area 5201).
This survey identified nothing of definite archaeological significance. The only responses of note were a number of short curvilinear anomalies. These could represent archaeological remains but are most likely of natural origin.
A north-east to south-west aligned linear anomaly in the central part of the site corresponds with a former field boundary depicted on the Honingham tithe map (S2).
Information from draft report. Final version awaited.
P. Watkins (HES), 18 July 2023.

February-June 2022. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of site on proposed route of Hornsea Project Three offshore wind farm onshore cable (P3TT24; Trenches 967-976).
The 10 trenches excavated at this location revealed a number of scattered pits and three ditches.
The most notable of these features was an ovoid pit found to contain 27 sherds of probable Late Bronze Age pottery. A sample taken from the fill of this pit produced only charcoal and a small amount of burnt flint. Although three other pits of broadly similar size were identified elsewhere on the site none produced any dating evidence.
A large discrete feature partially exposed at the southern end of the site was a probable extraction pit. A Neolithic flint scraper was found in the single fill of this pit.
The three ditches recorded all lay at the northern end of the site and displayed a variety of alignments. None produced any dating evidence.
None of the geophysical anomalies tested were found to have corresponding sub-surface remains.
Information from draft report. Final version awaited.
P. Watkins (HES), 18 July 2023.