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Summary

Prehistoric features, Rectory Farm, West Deeping

Full description

PRN 39033
During a watching brief undertaken in Area C and at Area 4B at Rectory Farm, West Deeping in 2005, Pre-Construct Archaeology revealed waterholes, pits and a posthole, all containing prehistoric pottery. From Area C, one of the waterholes (a pit over two metres in diameter) also contained two later Neolithic to early Bronze Age flints and loom weight fragments and two of the pits contained worked flints. From Area 4B a ditch and pits containing prehistoric pottery and animal bone were found. {1}{2}

<1> Pre-Construct Archaeology, 2008, Rectory Farm, West Deeping: Map 2 Assessment of Watching Brief Phases RFWD 05 and RFWD 07, RFWD05 (Report). SLI12994.

<2> Pre-Construct Archaeology, 2008, Rectory Farm, West Deeping: Map 2 Assessment of Watching Brief Phases RFWD 05 and RFWD 07, - (Unpublished Document). SLI12995.

Monument Types

• DITCH (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
• PIT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 801 BC)
• POST HOLE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 801 BC)
• WATERHOLE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 801 BC)

Associated Finds

• ANIMAL REMAINS (Early Neolithic to Early Iron Age - 4000 BC to 401 BC)
• LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 801 BC)
• SHERD (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 801 BC)
• LOOMWEIGHT (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC to 401 BC)

Associated Events

• Rectory Farm, West Deeping: Map 2 Assessment of Watching Brief Phases RFWD 05 and RFWD 07

Protected Status

• SHINE

Sources and further reading

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