Excavations at Mount Farm revealed a long sequence of activity running
from the early Neolithic to the early Saxon period. The most significant
finds include early Neolithic pit deposits, a middle Neolithic oval
barrow associated with a primary burial and a secondary Beaker burial, a
timber post-ring, an earlier Bronze Age round barrow associated with
Deverel-Rimbury secondary burials, a later Bronze Age waterhole and
burnt mound, extensive remains of an Iron Age settlement and a
well-preserved Anglo-Saxon well. This is an innovative report which
approaches the site from a thematic perspective which highlights social,
economic and environmental change over the long period during which the
site was occupied.