Middle to late Bronze Age activity at land west of London Road (EHER 49661)

Three excavation areas were targeted in 2020 after trial trenching. The majority of features in Area A, were of middle to late Bronze Age land-use activity, possibly a field system peripheral to settlement.

June and July 2020. Excavation. Three excavation areas were targeted after trial trenching. Land use seemingly intensified during the Middle to Late Bronze Age (1500–900BC); the first tangible evidence for activity within the site was confined to Area A and comprised a single ditch, postholes and three large pits which contained finds consistent with the presence of nearby Middle/Late Bronze Age settlement. In the absence of structural features, it is thought that these remains represent activity peripheral to an occupation site, the focus of which is tentatively suggested to lie beyond the site’s western boundary. <1>