NHER 60763 (Monument record) - Undated features, multi-period finds and iron slag concentration

January 2014. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field survey undertaken as part of Environmental Impact Assessment of large proposed mineral extraction area (Field 13, Finds 1075-1165).
8 undatable prehistoric flint flakes.
3 medieval pottery sherds.
2 medieval/post-medieval tiles.
3 post-medieval coins, 14 pottery sherds, 15 tiles, 7 clay tobacco pipe fragments, 1 copper alloy sheet and 3 copper alloy buttons.
14 undatable iron slag lumps, 1 copper alloy sheet, 1 iron spike, 2 lead splash, 2 fired clay fragments and fire-cracked pebbles.
Iron slag concentrated within a dark soilmark on the south facing slope of the valley.
See report (S1) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 21 May 2015.

October 2004 and June 2006. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed route of new quarry haul road (Trenches 10-12).
Of the three trenches excavated in this field, two revealed archaeologically significant evidence.
The trench at the southern end of the field (Trench 10) contained a large natural depression, the excavation of which exposed a tree throw hollow, the probable terminus of a gully and a ditch; none of which produced any clear dating evidence. A fragment of iron smelting slag was recovered from the gully terminus and other fragment was retrieved from one of the overlying deposits.
The trench in the centre of the field (Trench 11) also contained a large depression of probable natural origin, the fills of which produced a small number of prehistoric worked flints.
A number of post-medieval finds were recovered from recent agricultural features and unstratified deposits.
See report (S2) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 21 May 2015.