Post medieval featurees and residual prehistoric finds, Admirals Farm, Heckford's Road, Great Bentley (EHER 49600)

A medieval to post-medieval ditch and pit and undated ditches/gullies and undated pits were found in 34 evaluation trenches. The earliest finds were two prehistoric flint flakes, both residual in later contexts, but the remaining finds were all of medieval/post-medieval to modern date.

Evaluation, 2016 An archaeological evaluation (34 trial-trenches) was carried out on land at Admirals Farm, Great Bentley in advance of the construction of a new housing development. The development site was located in an area of prehistoric and later cropmarks, and ditches, gullies and pits were excavated. Aside from ten modern features and ten tree-throws there was a medieval/post-medieval ditch and pit, fifteen undated ditches/gullies and three undated pits. The earliest finds were two prehistoric flint flakes, both residual in later contexts, but the remaining finds were all of medieval/post-medieval to modern date.<1>