This hazelnut shell was among many objects excavated by John Wymer in the 1950s from a site at Lower Way. The Kennet Valley is nationally important for the Middle Stone Age; as well as containing many flint knapping sites, the peat here preserves rarer organic material that tells us about diet and environment as well as being dateable.
HER – The Historic Environment Record (HER) is a register of all known archaeological and historical sites in the unitary authority of West Berkshire.
Period: c 10,000-4000 BC
Place: Thatcham
