Iron Age finds and features, Land east of Hall Road, Great Bromley (EHER 47597)

The excavation of 64 foundation pads for a new hay store and free range poultry unit to the north and north-east of Bush farm was monitored by ECC FAU. Two ditches, one containing a small sherd of probable Iron Age pottery, and an indeterminate cut feature were recorded. Links to EHER 47150

2011. Excavation. The excavation of 64 foundation pads for a free-range poultry unit and a hay store to the north and north-east of Bush Farm was monitored by ECC FAU. The excavation of the pads for a new poultry unit revealed two ditches and the edge of an indeterminate cut-feature. Ditch 100 contained a single pale brown fill , fragments of baked clay and a small sherd of probable Iron Age pottery. Its location matched the alignment of nearby cropmarks (EHER 2499). There were no archaeological remains in the pads for the new hay store. <1> Likely to relate to archaeological features of probable Iron Age date (EHER 47150) found nearby.