Archaeology 2010
The 2010 season once again found us uncovering the Romano-British occupation of Horris Hill, in particular the area just to the north of golf green 7. As before we found the archaeology of this area complex and we enlisted the help of Amanda Clarke and Mike Fulford from the University of Reading to help with the analysis of possible ground features.
Work began in April and then again during August. As before we were privileged and fortunate in having volunteers from local schools and the Imperial War Museum to help with the excavation of the trenches.
What we initially felt were two large bases were identified as lids known as Alice Holt. These date to around the 3rd/4th century. The larger of the two is the lid to a large pan or skillet. Now I always thought Skillet was the name of a tip-top rock group so I guess they know their archaeology too.
The piece of Samian ware is a rim from a small second century Dragendorff bowl. The wine flagon rim was the first we had located which was fun and dates from the 3rd/4th century. Then there was the usual assemblage of pottery pieces, some 2nd century with the majority being from 3rd and 4th.
We had found what are known as quern stones before but the one we excavated this year had some intriguing and unusual decoration. We would need to do some further examination of the type of stone to help determine its provenance.
So . . . a fun and interesting season’s work and one that has furthered our understanding of the Romano-British settlement that was here. There is masses to do still, and there is still the whole separate project of the Bronze Age enclosure to continue with what are, we assume, its associated numerous burial mounds.
All that remains is for me to thank everyone who gave up their time to help us in this super enterprise that has been running for a number of years now. We are most appreciative.
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