Excavation

Date 1980

Event ID 606912

Category Recording

Type Excavation

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Excavation of the stockaded enclosure revealed the structure was rectangular, 65m in length, 19m wide, and consisted of large, closely spaced post holes, with a division transversely bisecting the enclosure. It was evident that several of the posts had been replaced. A large pit was situated in the north half of the structure. Carbon taken from the primary fill of a post hole yielded a date of 4850+/-55bp (3600 to 3700BC) , and the wood was identified as quercus. The structure is apparently unique.

J Kendrick 1980b