350M W OF SCOTSGROVE HOUSE
Location/Address
None recorded
Type
Other site, structure or landscape
Assets that cannot fit any of the other categories. This category includes sites of archaeological interest, where the original form and function may not be apparent without the use of archaeological techniques and interpretation.Description
Mesolithic to Bronze Age flintworking scatters found in fieldwalking survey and evaluation
EXTENSIVE FLINT SCATTER LOCATED. FIELD SUBDIVIDED INTO AREAS & COMPLETELY & SYSTEMATICALLY WALKED (SEE PLAN FILED). PARTICULARLY HIGH PROPORTION OF FLINTS SEEMED TO COME FROM THE RISING GROUND FORMING MUCH OF THE E PART OF THE FIELD, OR AT ITS FOOT. QUANTITY OF MATERIAL DECREASES FROM AREA 19-53. TOTAL ASSEMBLAGE MESOLITHIC /BRONZE AGE. A VERY RICH FIELD, POSSIBLY AS ADJACENT TO RIVER (B1).
Evaluation comprising 3 trial trenches and 10 test pits carried out by Oxford Archaeology in March 2004 failed to reveal any archaeological features. 8 worked and 3 burnt flints (all undiagnostic) recovered from ploughsoil in test pits. Report includes a reassessment of the results of the 1979 fieldwalking (B2).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
Mesolithic to Bronze Age flintworking scatters found in fieldwalking survey and evaluation
Date Listed
n/a