Abrehart, E. (2023). Excavation at Land South of Burwell Road, Exning. Bar Hill, Cambridgeshire: Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge). https://doi.org/10.5284/1113845. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Excavation at Land South of Burwell Road, Exning
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Abstract:		 Between 26th May and 16th June 2022 Oxford Archaeology East undertook a 0.3ha archaeological excavation on the site of Land south of Burwell Road, Exning, Suffolk. This phase of work targeted two evaluation trenches (79 and 80), opened as part of a previous phase of archaeological evaluation in 2019 (OA 2019), which had revealed a feature (EV 71) containing Early Neolithic pottery, struck flint and animal bone. Aside from one small pit, the majority of the features exposed during this phase of excavation had been formed by natural processes. The feature associated with Early Neolithic finds discovered in the evaluation (EV 71) was demonstrated to be part of a large natural hollow (104) which contained a localised dark deposit from which a substantial amount of Early Neolithic pottery was recovered, alongside struck flints and animal bone. The fresh condition of some of the pottery and multiple re-fits between the sherds suggested that this material had not been subject to significant disturbance since it was deposited, possibly as a result of what might have been ‘everyday and informal’ discard activities. In addition, the presence of two small sherds of Middle Neolithic pottery from the same deposit suggest a later phase of activity in this area. Six other test pits were excavated into the same hollow (104) but only sparse finds were recovered from these. Close to the south edge of hollow 104, adjacent to the finds-rich deposit, lay another smaller natural feature (102) from which Early Neolithic pottery was also recovered. The single small pit (114) revealed by the excavation contained no finds, and test pits excavated into other natural features on the site also yielded no finds. It therefore appears that the Early Neolithic activity observed at the site was focused on a small area within the south-eastern corner of the site. The domestic nature of the finds assemblage recovered from hollow 104 suggests settlement activity in the vicinity, in particular, the un-abraded condition of the pottery indicates it has not moved since it was deposited. From the small size of this deposit within such a concentrated area is difficult to infer sustained settlement activity. It is more probable that the site was visited episodically as a stopover site or camp, while the presence of two sherds of Middle Neolithic pottery within the same deposit indicates that it could have been utilised in a similar way for a much longer period of time.
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Author:		 E Abrehart
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Other Person/Org:		 Suffolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2023
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District: West Suffolk
Parish: Exning
County: Suffolk
Country: England
Grid Reference: 561394, 265518 (Easting, Northing)
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PIT (Monument Type England)
EARLY NEOLITHIC HOLLOW (Tag)
HOLLOW (Monument Type England)
EXCAVATION (Event)
SHERD (Object England)
EARLY NEOLITHIC SHERD (Tag)
MIDDLE NEOLITHIC SHERD (Tag)
EARLY NEOLITHIC ANIMAL REMAINS (Tag)
EARLY NEOLITHIC LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Tag)
ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
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EARLY NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
MIDDLE NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)
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Created Date:		 20 Oct 2023