Archaeology Notes

Event ID 863163

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/863163

HY42NW 79 4373 2590

HY 4373 2590 Ploughing of a pasture field to the southwest of Hallbreck Farm, Wyre, for the first time in approximately 20 years resulted in the exposure of material of archaeological interest. A short programme of fieldwork was immediately undertaken, which included fieldwork and gradiometer survey.

An area of c. 6ha was field walked and the location of all the finds (Stone Tools, Pottery, Burnt Bone, Burnt Stone, Flint, Slag, Shell, Quartz, Metal, other) recorded. An area of just over 1ha was investigated by detailed gradiometer survey. The survey block was positioned to cover two suspected sites. Although the data are dominated by a broad zone of strong magnetic disturbance generated by an igneous dyke, the survey appears to have successfully determined the limits of the site.

S M Ovenden 2006

Sites identified as part of a desk-based assessment followed by a broad-scale landscape survey.

HY 43738 25909 Sub-rectangular feature, orientated northwest-southeast, measuring approximately 17.5m x 12.5m; appearing as a darker area of soil and concentration of building stone in the ploughsoil, associated with a large concentration of artefacts such as pottery, coarse stone tools, burnt stone, burnt bone, flint and a macehead fragment.

HY 43702 25900 to HY 43749 25605 Shallow linear depression (average of 300mm in depth), approximately 310m long and 650mm wide, roughly orientated north by south.

HY 43759 25995, HY 43789 25992, HY 43821 25968 Sub-circular features appearing only as a slightly raised darker area and an increased concentration of stone in the ploughsoil, measuring approximately 8m in diameter.

HY 43876 25932 Sub-oval feature in the east of the field, measuring 51m by 24m and orientated northwest by southeast, appearing only as a darker area of soil and increased concentration of stone in the ploughsoil.

HY 43785 25943 Orthostatic slab, measuring c.1m wide and 60mm thick. Appears to be building rather than natural stone and may be part of a cist or other structure.

HY 43766 25947 Sub-circular feature, measuring approximately 35m in diameter, appearing as a darker area of ploughsoil on a slight rise. Associated with the recovery of a significant number of finds, including maceheads and worked flints.

Antonia Thomas, 2006.