Monument record BRK 181 - Bronze Age hollow and medieval features at Land On The Southern Side Of, Barking Road

2020: An archaeological evaluation revealed a large naturally infilled hollow within Trenches 1 and 2 that was still open in the Bronze Age period. The alluvial deposit, that filled the hollow, contained thirteen small sherds and fifty small fragments of Late Bronze Age pottery and was sealed by a thick layer of colluvium. The colluvium within Trench 1 contained a single sherd of medieval pottery and a fragment of ceramic building material (CBM) whilst a Bronze Age copper alloy awl was recovered from the colluvium deposit within Trench 2. A pit that contained an assemblage of 13-14th century pottery and a medieval cast bar mount was identified at the eastern end of the site within Trench 8, whilst two coins, a buckle with plate and an assemblage of medieval pottery, oyster shell, animal bone and CBM were recovered from the topsoil layer of Trench 7. Post-medieval and modern finds include fragments of an unidentified fitting (possibly modern military regalia); a complete post-medieval strap buckle and a fragment of an 18th to 19th century crotal bell recovered from the topsoil layers within Trenches 2, 5 and 7 respectively. Three undated ditches were identified within Trenches 3, 7 and 8 that were sealed by colluvium deposits of varying depths. (S1)