Site Event/Activity record ESF21177 - Monitoring, Hill Farm Reservoir, 1998

Monitoring was carried out during the removal of topsoil on the site of a new reservoir. Earlier evaluation at the same side had identified dispersed evidence for Neolithic to Iron Age settlement. Further evidence for prehistoric activity were encountered, largely concentrated in an area approx 50m square. Large quantifies of Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age pottery were recovered, in particular from one pit or hearth like feature indicating occupation of this date at the site. The features were truncated by animal action and agricultural activity, making it likely that any features of a shallow nature may have been destroyed.