Monument record TYN 151 - Late Neolithic/EBA to IA and post medieval activity at Land off Howlett Lane

2018: An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by PCAS. The earliest activity identified during the evaluation trenching was late Neolithic/early Bronze Age flint working and use, identified across the site, but in no particular concentration and/or features. The main concentration of Prehistoric activity was located in the southwest corner of the site, where four pits dating to the late Iron Age were revealed in Trench 64. Further Prehistoric activity was also recorded in the northeast and southeast corners of the site, but not in any significant concentration. An earlier geophysical survey had identified a potential ring ditch to the north of the Iron Age pits, but no ditch was identified during the evaluation.
There was no evidence for Roman activity anywhere within the proposed development area and the only evidence of Saxon activity was a single sherd of late Anglo-Saxon pottery
recovered from the fill of large ditch at the southern end of Trench 52, which also contained pottery and other artefacts of Post-medieval and Modern date. The only evidence for medieval activity came from a single sherd of 15th – 16th century pottery recorded in a cow burial pit close to the area of the postulated ring ditch.
The majority of the remaining features identified during the evaluation were former Post-medieval field boundaries identified during the geophysical survey, and the Post-medieval/Modern former roadside ditches on the former line of Gun Lane/Church Lane. The remaining features consisted of Post-medieval/undated pits and linear features of uncertain
function. (S1)