Iron Age pit and post-medieval farm remains at Pioneer School, Church Road (EHER 48063)

Trial trenching in 2011 recorded a large Iron Age pit, which may have been a combination or two merging features such as a ditch and pit. A small assemblage of Iron Age pottery was also recovered. The partial remains of two brick wall footings, and a 18th-19th century farm trackway were also recorded in Trenches 1, 2 and 4.

January 2001. Trial trenching and watching brief. A large irregular feature containing 14 small sherds of Iron Age pottery was recorded in Trench 6. It was not clear whether the feature was one large pit or a combination of two merging features, such as a ditch and pit. Three further sherds of Iron Age pottery were recovered from the same trench. The partial remains of two brick wall footings were recorded in Trench 4. Both were constructed from bricks of late 18th to mid 19th century date bonded with lime mortar and are likely to be the remains of former farm buildings shown on 19th and 20th century Ordnance Survey maps of the site. An E-W aligned ditch in Trench 2 was probably the Southern boundary of a former E-W trackway also depicted on pre-1960s mapping, whilst gravel surfaces identified in Trenches 1, 2 and 4 are likely to be part of the track itself. Overall, few archaeological remains were identified and much of the site had been heavily disturbed. The sole Iron Age feature was located close to the site boundary and it is possible that further remains of this date may be present in the playing fields to the North. <1>