Fieldwalking identified clusters of burnt stone and some more general scatters Two clusters are in field 9334 adjacent to the present river Idle. The quantity of burnt stone and the locations are typical of burnt mounds. (1)
No upstanding mound of burnt material and stone was found to survive. The grey sandy loam containing burnt stones and charred wood fragments resembles closely the layers found under the burnt mound at Waycar Pasture, Girton. A large, unabraded sherd of samian on the surface of this relict soil could be interpreted as suggesting that degradation of the mound had occurred as early as the RB period. (2)
Grid ref is for the northern scatter.
See M18335 for more burnt mounds to the NW.

<1> TPAT, Mar 1995, Stage 1 Evaluations on the Land East of Blaco Hill, Mattersey, for Tarmac Roadstone Ltd. Draft, p 29 (Unpublished document). SNT2201.

Other Refs: fig 13 b

<2> TPAT, Aug 1995, Report for Stage 2 Evaluations on the Land East of Blaco Hill, Mattersey, for Tarmac Roadstone Ltd, p 22 (Unpublished document). SNT2247.