Alleged Iron Age occupation site at Lion Point (EHER 81143)

Early Iron Age occupation site was apparently seen on the foreshore before the construction of the sea wall. However, the evidence for this is uncertain.

Information from NRHE data transfer. Early Iron Age occupation site was seen on the foreshore before the construction of the sea wall. A former creek could be seen, filled with tidal silt. This contained remains of artificially cleft timber, red hill briquetage, pottery of the 1st century BC and bones of domestic animals. It was clearly an occupied site of some kind, and the remains were such as could have represented a landing wharf on the bank of the creek, possibly broken up by the incursion of the sea. Perambulation of the area by field surveyor in 1951 indicated, revealed no further signs of occupation. <1> <2> "It should be noted that a few early pottery finds from Lion Point were wrongly attributed to the Iron Age". (Possibly applies to two sites although Warren's statement to the Field Surveyor is the only evidence for it as far as we know). <3>