[TQ 8839 6300 - sited from plan: see Illustration card] Between 1943 and 1945, removal of brickearth in the field to the north of the Playstol, Borden, uncovered V-shaped ditches and rubbish pits which contained hundreds of sherds of 1st century A.D. Iron Age pottery and other occupation material. Four late La Tene cremations (post- Conquest) and an undated flint knapping site were also uncovered. (1-2) This pit was abandoned c. 1946 and laid down as a playing field soon after: the siting given in Authority 1 is confirmed as falling within its limits. (3) Additional reference. (4) [TQ 8839 6301] Iron Age remains found [NAT] (5)

<1> Arch Cant 61 1948 148-155 plan illusts (F H Worsfold) (OS Card Reference). SKE35324.

<2> PPS 20 1954 23 (C A Raleigh Radford) (OS Card Reference). SKE48581.

<3> F1 CFW 04-JUL-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42420.

<4> BAR 10 1975 Stamped IA Pottery 68 (S M Elsdon) (OS Card Reference). SKE37463.

<5> OS 1:2500 1970 (OS Card Reference). SKE48212.

<6> Field report for monument TQ 86 SE 11 - July, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4595.