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Cropmarks of a rectangular, post defined enclosure, recorded by CUCAP during aerial reconnaissance in the 1950s. The crop-mark, when excavated during 1979-80, proved to be of a Neolithic rectangular enclosure, 65m in length, 19m wide, and consisted of large, closely spaced post holes, with a division transversely bisecting the enclosure. It was evident that several of the posts had been replaced. A large pit was situated in the north half of the structure. Carbon taken from the primary fill of a post hole yielded a date of 4850+/-55bp (3600 to 3700BC), and the wood was identified as quercus. The structure is apparently unique. The enclosure appears to have been constructed in two parts. There was little evidence for any associated activity except for a pit in the northern half. Three charcoal samples from the post-holes produced radiocarbon dates in the range 3930-3390 cal BC. A small sample of a scatter of pits visible on APs was also excavated.
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