Nicholls, H. (2016). An Archaeological Evaluation At Land on Mill Straight, Southwater, Horsham, West Sussex.. Archaeology South-East. https://doi.org/10.5284/1075167. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 An Archaeological Evaluation At Land on Mill Straight, Southwater, Horsham, West Sussex.
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Series:		 Archaeology South East unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 Forty trenches were excavated across the site to reveal the underlying natural firm mottled orange/ light grey silt clay geology with occasional outcroppings of siltstone along the north edge of the site. The natural geology was encountered at a maximum elevation of 49.40m AOD in the south-eastern corner of the site, falling away to 39.72m AOD in the south-west corner. This investigation has succeeded in identifying archaeological features in 18 of the 40 excavated trenches, predominantly focussed towards the south-east corner of the site area. A very small quantity of residual struck flint and a polished stone axehead suggests some activity of Mesolithic to Neolithic date in the vicinity of the site. A single archaeological feature was identified as probably of Middle Iron Age date from a small group of pottery. The feature was tentatively interpreted as a pit, however, extensive truncation to both its west and east edges by later pits made its function and form unclear. Many of the archaeological deposits recorded were of 1st - 2nd century AD Roman date of which some appeared to form part of a north-north-east to south-south-west aligned field system. It cannot be definitively stated without further work that the archaeological remains were or were not associated with a settlement as there was no clear evidence for structures or enclosure, however the quantity of activity within a limited area, combined with the quality of the pottery recovered might suggest that the archaeological remains relate to activity more significant than purely a field system.
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Author:		 Hayley Nicholls ORCID icon
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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:		 2016
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Site: Land on Mill Straight
County: West Sussex
District: Horsham
Parish: SHIPLEY
Country: England
Grid Reference: 516065, 125098 (Easting, Northing)
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NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) AXEHEAD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BUTTON (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
METAL DETECTING USE (Event)
ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING (Event)
MEASURED SURVEY (Event)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: archaeol6-253210
OBIB: 2016201
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Created Date:		 07 Apr 2020