Fieldwalking: Great Laine H397, H398

Prehistoric
This field produced 258 pieces of worked flint. Under 10% of the pieces were Mesolithic in date, and comprised both hard and soft hammer-struck flakes and blades, and a few bladelets. The remainder of the pieces were more typical of a Later Neolithic or Bronze Age date flintworking assemblage, and were predominantly debitage, with just three scrapers and single examples of a notched flake and fabricator. In addition to this later prehistoric flintwork, a Palaeolithic ovate handaxe was also found. This piece is well patinated, and has been neatly worked over both faces to produce a Type K ovate handaxe, approximately 100mm long, although now missing its tip. Although this is not a true bout coupé handaxe, it is likely to date from the Middle Palaeolithic.

Romano-British
One sherd of pottery and two tile fragments of Romano-British origin were recovered from the area of inspection.

Medieval
Two sherds of 12th C. pottery, 29 pieces of 13th-14th C. ware, 12 examples of 15th-mid 16th C. pot and a number of Medieval tile fragments were collected.

Post-medieval
Four mid 16th-early 18th C. sherds and 26 pieces of 18th-19th C. pottery were also recorded across the field. Other finds included numerous Post-medieval tile fragments, plus two 18th C. and one 18th/19th C. clay pipe segments.

Miscellaneous
A low-density scatter of Horsham stone was noted, while a single piece of worked Caen-stone (medieval?) was located towards the central-northern part of the field and indeed in spatial association with relatively large numbers of Medieval/Post-medieval tile. However, perhaps of greatest interest is the concentration of daub (40 pieces weighing c.1kg.) found in the north-easternmost area of the fieldwalking grid. Much of this material was burnt and as such may well represent the remains of an (as yet undated) oven or kiln.

Tithe Data

398 Large Cow Brook

1841 Census

Tenement Analysis

Buildings

Archaeology

Old Maps

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