HER 5401 - Neolithic grooved ware, peterborough bowls, flints and features, Frank's Sandpit, Betchworth

Excavation by Surrey Archaeological Society in advance of mineral extraction at “Frank’s Sandpit”, Betchworth, revealed two concentrations of activity. One was a concentration of pits, three of which contained Late Neolithic grooved ware and, palaeoenvironmental assessment revealed, hazelnut shells; one of these pits also contained over thirty flint scrapers. Other pits were packed with charcoal and cremated bone, and one contained a Bronze Age spiral ring. The surrounding areas produced a variety of flints from Late Mesolithic through to Middle Bronze Age date, and sherds of decorated Peterborough type bowls from the Neolithic. To the south east, on slightly higher ground, the terminal of a Late Bronze Age ditch and a ditched enclosure of Late Iron Age/early Roman date were found. In the south west corner of the enclosure a large quantity of first century pottery was recovered. The western ditch of the enclosure contained five small clay ovens.

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