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An Archaeological Evaluation at Hilland Farm, Billinghurst, West Sussex |
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Archaeology South East unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Archaeology South-East was commissioned by CgMs Consulting Ltd. to undertake an archaeological evaluation on land at Hilland Farm, Billingshurst, West Sussex. Twenty-four trenches of varying width and length were excavated to investigate anomalies located during a geophysical survey at the site. The majority of the anomalies were found to be geological in origin resulting from differing concentrations of clay, sandstone and manganese in the underlying Weald Clay 'natural'. Others appeared to be the result of undated episodes of localised burning. Finds from the overburden of most of the trenches were limited to pieces of fire-cracked flint and late post-medieval pottery. A group of archaeological features were encountered and excavated on alignments suggested by the geophysics results. The features consisted mostly of ditches of varying profiles, widths and depths. All of the investigated features contained Romano-British pottery, dated to the 1st and 2nd century AD often in significant quantities. A small black glass Roman ring intaglio was also recovered. Environmental evidence included charcoal and burnt animal bone. In conclusion, and based on currently available evidence, the targeted evaluation of the locations of the geophysical anomalies has shown that the majority were geological in origin, but the survey also highlighted the presence of buried archaeological features. Based on the geophysics results, the evaluation and initial assessment of the finds it appears that an enclosed area (or enclosures) of first to second century date was located at the site. The incidence of significant quantities of pottery in the ditches suggests the presence of occupation. |
Author: |
S Stevens
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Publisher: |
Archaeology South-East
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
West Sussex SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2011
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Locations: |
Site: |
Hilland Farm |
Parish: |
BILLINGSHURST |
District: |
Horsham |
County: |
West Sussex |
Country: |
England |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Hilland |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Hilland Farm Billingshurst |
Grid Reference: 509390, 126090 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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Glass Intaglio
(Find)
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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SHERD
(Object England)
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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TILE
(Object England)
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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DITCH
(Monument Type England)
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2nd Century Ad (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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TRIAL TRENCH
(Event)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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Second Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
archaeol6-115816 |
OBIB: |
ASE Report No.2011300 |
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Note: |
ASE client report format. A4-sized with cover logos.
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Created Date: |
25 Nov 2016 |