and tanged arrowhead.
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Although Bronze Age pottery was present as surface scatters, no features of this date were noted. However there were, as in previous years, large numbers of worked flints on the stripped surface and in almost every feature. The tools and waste imply activity from the Mesolithic to the late prehistoric period.
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alloy snaffle bit - size 8cm diameter.
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The first archaeology undergraduate students came to dig on the site. During their placements they learned about all aspects of excavating on a gravel site.
Those involved: