Neolithic to Roman finds and features, Land off St Andrew's Road, Weeley (EHER 49021)

Prehistoric to Roman features and activity were uncovered during evaluation and excavation.

Evaluation, 2016 Two pieces of worked flint were identified dating from the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age, and a pit and residual pottery sherds indicate activity from the Mid-Late Iron Age into the early Roman period (1st century). Ditches dating from the late Roman period (late 3rd to 4th century) probably formed field boundaries, and three spreads of material may be related to the infilling of hollows or even possibly of ponds. <1> Geoarchaeological investigation revealed that there was no evidence of any Palaeolithic remains.<1> An archaeological excavation was carried out in 2017 in advance of the construction of fourteen new dwellings on land at St Andrew's Road, Weeley. Evaluation in 2016 uncovered a number of Roman features together with silt-filled hollows. Excavation revealed two Neolithic features (a pit/tree-throw and pit) together with a small number of residual Neolithic pottery sherds and pieces of worked flint. Late Iron Age/Early Roman activity (mid 1st century BC to the mid/late 1st/2nd century AD) consisted of a small semicircular enclosure surrounded by irregular field boundaries and pits. These were replaced in the Roman period (2nd-3rd century) with a rectilinear field system. <2> The medieval phase of this site is detailed in EHER 81789