More information : SE 94606015. Soil mark of a suggested RB occupation site visible as a rectangular ditch c 300ft NW-SE and c 350ft SW-NE with rounded corners. (1)
Part of the ditch can be seen. (2)
There are no visible remains of any enclosure in a pasture field and nothing can be inferred from the RAF photographs. According to Brewster mosaics were reported to have been found in the 19th century by the vicar of Wetwang in this vicinity, and in his opinion a Roman villa may be involved. Present excavation of the Garton Slack (SE 95 NE 38) complex to the east where Brewster has uncovered Roman walling, will eventually cover this area. (3)
(SE 974279) Excavations of Wetwang Slack by J. Dent, as a continuum of the Garton Slack excavations (SE 95 NE 38), has revealed several Bronze Age round barrows, part of a large Iron Age cemetery and a Romano-British Farmstead. The section of the Iron Age cemetery contained over 250 burials, 150 of which were under square ditched barrows ranging in size from 9 x 8 metres to a few square metres in area. The primary burials were adult, contained mostly in planked coffins with food offerings and grave goods. Children were found as secondary burials or in flat graves. The grave goods were of personal objects and dress fastenings, most of these were associated with female graves, but a single warrior burial was found complete with iron sword and an iron bound shield. Traces of cloth survive as iron oxide on grave goods indicating that the bodies were clothed or shrouded when buried. The cemetery is dated from the second half of the second century to the first half of the first century BC. The Romano-British Farmstead consisted of a rectangular ditched enclosure 79 x 44 metres, divided into three equal parts by cross ditches, and contained the remains of both round and rectangular structures, probably domestic buildings. Finds included a Colchester brooch and four figurines, probably first century AD. The pottery consisted of products made before the mid second century AD. (See Plan). (4-5)
Excavation report Garton Slack 1965-1975. (6)
Bronze Age burials - three round barrows excavated at Wetwang Slack. 17 graves and grave goods. (7)
Summary of excavations Garton and Wetwang Slack 1964-1980. (8)
Five enclosures, four with graves. Three contained cart burials with other goods. (9)
Additional references. (10-11)
Four chalk figures from Wetwang Slack. (12)
HU 23 Listed as the possible site of a Roman villa. (13)
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