Monument record MLI92157 - Late Neolithic to early Bronze Age activity, West Deeping
Summary
Late Neolithic to early Bronze Age activity, West Deeping
Type and Period (6)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 2499 BC to 1800 BC)
- CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE ? (Early Bronze Age - 1800 BC to 1700 BC)
- CREMATION (Early Bronze Age - 1800 BC? to 1700 BC?)
- POST HOLE (Middle Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
- PIT (Middle Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
- GULLY (Middle Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
PRN 37128
A watching brief was undertaken by Pre-Construct Archaeology between September and December 2002 on Phase 1A of works at Rectory Farm, West Deeping. A regionally important Neolithic habitation area was revealed. Thirteen sherds of decorated Beaker pottery, dated from between 2600 to 1800BC, and thirteen Collared Urns, both decorated and undecorated, dated from between 1800 to 1700 BC, were found. A pennanular feature was subjected to an extended watching brief and some of the Collared urn pottery was found within the ditch fills, dating this ?circular enclosure to between 1800 to 1700 BC. Within one of the Collared Urn vessels were the cremated remains of a child and elsewhere cattle bones were found. {1}{2}
During a 2002 watching brief, postholes, pits and shallow gullies were identified with Late Neolithic to early Bronze Age pottery. These features suggest that a settlement from this period may have existed on this site. A small pit was excavated which contained a human cremation within an Early Bronze Age collared urn. {3}{4}
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SLI12263 Report: Allen Archaeological Associates. 2006. Archaeological Assessment Report on a Watching Brief on Phase 1A Works at Rectory Farm, West Deeping. RFWD02.
- <2> SLI12264 Archive: Allen Archaeological Associates. 2006. Archaeological Assessment Report on a Watching Brief on Phase 1A Works at Rectory Farm, West Deeping. -.
- <3> SLI12332 Report: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 2004. Archaeological watching brief at Rectory Farm, West Deeping: Interim Report. RFWD02/03.
- <4> SLI12333 Archive: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 2004. Archaeological watching brief at Rectory Farm, West Deeping: Interim Report. -.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 11515 10545 (322m by 289m) |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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