부산대학교 도서관

In November 2017 Archaeological Solutions (AS) carried out an archaeological excavation and Geoarchaeological test pit on land at the former Sugar Beet Factory, Sproughton. The excavation recorded the full extent of the ring gully, including a sterile pit at its centre, but did not reveal any evidence for the previously excavated oven. The ring gully may have formed part of a roundhouse or similar structure, but two flint blades were recovered and this gully may equally represent the remains of an early Bronze Age ring ditch. A small undated rectilinear enclosure was also identified to the west of the gully, but it was very ephemeral and possibly aligned with post-medieval field boundaries that extend down the river valley slope. Three undated pits were also excavated. A geoarchaeological test pit recorded a sand and gravel sequence reflecting a periglacial environment and deposits associated with braided channel systems during a cold climatic phase. A thin possible coversand is potentially interpreted as a flood deposit away from the main channels.