Monument record BAA 025 - Evaluation at Warren Farm, Badwell Ash

An archaeological evaluation was carried out at Warren Hill Farm, Badwell Ash and demonstrated that there has been domestic occupation on the site since at least the 16th century. A hollow in which pottery, animal bone and building material was found just behind the frontage and this has been interpreted as a kitchen midden. The midden was a structured feature in that it contained a bed of large flints to allow it to be free draining, but the fine silts of the upper fills suggests that despite this the top of the deposit was 'muddy'. The midden produced only a limited range of finds that were mostly quite worn and fragmentary. However the pottery assemblage displays only slight abrasion and indicates a degree of consistency in terms of dating (S1).