Willington, South Derbyshire

The Willington, South Derbyshire project has comprised the analysis of Neolithic and Bronze Age domestic remains and evidence of fire clearance of the area in the third and second millenia B.C. The Neolithic occupation was mainly characterised by an assemblage of Peterborough ware from pits and spreads. An extensive radiocarbon programme has confirmed the theory that Peterborough ware had become fully developed in the 4th millenium B.C., and did not extend into the Late Neolithic of the 3rd millenium B.C. The appearance of the Peterborough ware occupation of the site is consistednt with the national date for the start of the Peterborough ware tradition (c 3600 B.C.). There are some indications that the Ebbsfleet style of Peterborough ware did only appear at the start of the tradition.