NHER 31821 (Monument record) - Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman and possible Early Saxon features

April 1996. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field survey in advance of possible golf course extension. Susans Wood.
Prehistoric flint flakes and some scrapers and retouched pieces.
Further details to come.
See short summary in report (S1) for further details.
E. Rose (NLA), 19 April 1996. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 2015.

June-July 1996. Trial Trenching.
Excavations revealed ditches and pits with Bronze Age sherds and worked flint; a pit with a Roman pot; and double ditches, perhaps an Roman trackway.
The turnpike road NHER 9741 was also sectioned within this site.
Illegal metal detecting rally on site during evaluation produced Roman and medieval coins and metalwork, listed in report as above.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
E. Rose (NLA), 30 August 1996. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 2015.

25 June 1996. NLA aerial photography (S3).
NAU evaluation - site visible.
H. Clare (NLA), 23 August 2001.

2 July 1996. NLA air photography (S4).
Site of evaluation trenches at Dunston Hall Woods photographed. No features visible.
S. Massey (NLA), 23 July 2001.

September to December 1996. Excavation and Watching Brief.
Various features recorded during monitoring of topsoil stripping. A single location (Area F) was also subject to a more controlled excavation.
Work produced Bronze Age and Iron Age pots,
Iron Age or Early Saxon ditches
Middle Saxon strap end
Post medieval finds.
The turnpike was revealed again.
See report (S5) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
E. Rose, 19 February 1999.