What is recorded here

Indicated is a Beaker period farm on Roughan Hill, Clacton-on-Sea, England. It contains an oval enclosure built from very large slabs set on edge. A larger enclosure joins it at the east. Limited excavation in 1995 recovered domestic artefacts and animal bone refuse. Radiocarbon dating placed occupation in the Beaker period and Early Bronze Age. The site belongs to a prehistoric landscape of farms, cairns, megalithic tombs and field systems. Four farms cluster within 200 metres on Roughan Hill.

Situated on Roughan Hill on the E edge of the Burren. Survey and excavation in this area (Jones et al. 2011, 33-58) have revealed a prehistoric landscape comprising farms, cairns and megalithic tombs lying within a contemporary field system (c. 2.5km N-S, c. 1.5km E-W) comprising many sections of prehistoric mound wall (CL016-172----). Four such farms are clustered on Roughan Hill within 200m of each other (see CL016-173----, CL016-174----, CL016-175----/CL016-176----).This record is for an oval enclosure (dims. c. 40m NE-SW; c. 20m NW-SE) defined by walls of very large slabs set on edge. A larger enclosure (CL016-173----) is conjoined at E. Limited excavation in 1995 produced domestic artefact assemblages and radiocarbon dates from animal bone refuse that place the occupation of this farm in the Beaker period and Early Bronze Age (ibid., 38-9). (Jones 2008, 42-53) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 20 April 2016

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