Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age features and Neolithic finds, Land at Grange Road, Lawford (EHER 49367)

The evaluation demonstrated the presence of field systems and possible enclosures, probably dating to the Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age. The earliest evidence comprised a small number of Neolithic flints and a residual polished-edge knife.

Evaluation, 2018 The evaluation demonstrated the presence of field systems and possible enclosures, probably dating to the Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age, in the northern part of the site. Some of these features were visible as crop marks, others were identified by the geophysical survey. The earliest evidence comprised a small number of Neolithic flints and a residual polished-edge knife. Prehistoric field systems and possible enclosures in the northern part of the site from which a small quantity of pottery tentatively dated to the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age periods was recovered. These may relate to later prehistoric field systems to the south that are still visible as cropmarks of field systems and possible enclosures. A long, north-south cropmark spanning the site was revealed to be a double ditch. A number of undated post holes. Stake holes and pits recorded in the southern part of the site may have represented settlement evidence, however the majority of the features identified were shallow and possibly truncated by later activity such as ploughing. A small assemblage of mixed Prehistoric and Roman pottery of 15 sherds, weighing 0.028kg, was also recovered from ditches and gullies. <1>