Monument record CDD 050 - Shrubland Quarry phases 2 & 3; Smyes Corner (IA)

December 1995: Phase 2 evaluation trenches in proposed mineral extraction area. LIA occupation site identified towards north of site. Features include pits, ditches, post holes and post pads (pottery, struck flints, worked flint, fired clay, burnt flint/stone, animal bones). Finds located in spoil (hooked tag, dress fastener, ring & dot decoration (?Msax) and EMed key, possibly 16-19th century). Main features appear to be `IA' ditches and pits - details in (S1).
November 1996: Field boundary ditches. See (S9) for more detail on this year.
October - December 1999: Phase 3, c.31,000 sq m fully excavated by SCC Archaeological Service. For pre-asssessment report see (S2).
2002: updated assessment and project design (S6).
Struck flints: A total of 136 pieces of struck flint, probably mainly of (Early?) Iron Age date, were recovered from the site. The flint is mainly mid to dark grey in colour with a small number of pieces being a pale greyish brown. Cortex, where present, includes occassional white already patinated surfaces or cortex and various dirty white to orangey cream from gravel nodules. For discussion see (S7).
Pottery: a total of 1,730 sherds of Later Prehistoric pottery,some LNeo/EBA ( 20 sherds) but mainly (1705 sherds) EIA. Details in (S8).
Also Sax.