What is recorded here

Fire and water met in a shallow trench beside a living stream, turning heat into steam for food or ritual. People compressed large stones at the eastern edge, built a rough trough, and returned often enough to fill the soil with charcoal and memory. The children buried nearby suggest this was not a forgotten field but a tended place where the living and dead shared one small landscape.

Discovered during survey and monitoring works at a nearby Man-made underground passage (KE092-011002-). Located c. 6m southeast of a Children's Burial Ground (KE092-011----). A small stream, flowing in a NE-SW direction, is c. 4m to the east. A spread of charcoal-enriched silt and burnt stones c. 20cm above subsoil level extends for c. 11m in a 2m wide trench. A possible trough is indicated by the presence of several large compressed stones at the eastern edge of the spread. The trench was subsequently backfilled under archaeological supervision. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 26 November 2012

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