Cropmark record MAB65387 - HATTON MILL

Cropmarks of a number of possible barrows recorded by the RCAHMS during aerial reconnaissance in 1978.

Cropmarks of a number of possible barrows recorded by the RCAHMS during aerial reconnaissance in 1978. An evaluation was undertaken in October 2005 in advance of a proposed gravel quarry extension. The area contained a number of sites identified from aerial photographs, including a ring-ditch and souterrain (NO65SW0031, a Scheduled Monument and excluded from trial trenching), a Roman temporary camp (NO65SW0026), a pit alignment (NO64NW0101), possible barrows (NO64NW0050), and field boundaries (NO65SW0047). Sixty-six trenches were excavated, circa 5 percent (8875m2) of the available application area. A number of features were recorded during the work including pits, a possible ring-ditch, an irregular feature, a narrow curvilinear feature, a linear ditch feature aligned northeast-southwest, and a stone structure, possibly a kiln or bread oven. The ring-ditch and some of the pits correspond to previously identified cropmarks. Rig and furrow was present across the site, and had clearly truncated some of the features. Although no secure dates can be assigned to these features, the ring-ditch and pits could be prehistoric and represent the remains of habitation. These may be contemporaneous with the features recorded within the Scheduled Monument. The kiln or bread oven may be medieval, based on morphological comparisons. Archive to be deposited in NMRS.

AN/3465 (1978), AN/3465 (1978) (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB22320.

O'CONNELL, C, 2005, HATTON MILL FARM, FRIOCKHEIM, EVALUATION (Bibliographic reference). SAB1387.

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