NHER 61656 (Monument record) - ?Prehistoric and undated features

April 2014. Geophysical Survey.
Geophysical survey of part of large proposed development area (Field 2).
Only a single discrete anomaly was identified as potentially archaeologically significant.
Various other, weaker discrete anomalies are thought to probably represent naturally silted hollows or variations in topsoil depth.
Several parallel linear anomalies are likely to relate to current or recent cultivation.
An area of magnetic disturbance at the western edge of the field probably represents modern debris of some kind.
Information from report uploaded to OASIS. HER copy awaited.
P. Watkins (HES), 8 June 2021.

November 2014. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed development site (Trenches 5-8).
The four trenches excavated at this location revealed a number of pits and several ditches and gullies.
None of the various discrete features excavated produced any clear dating evidence and all were fairly unremarkable. One exception was a sub-circular pit that produced a reasonably large sherd of Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age pottery and was therefore potentially prehistoric. A sample taken from the fill of this feature produced a plant macrofossil assemblage composed almost entirely of charcoal and another remains associated with the combustion of organic material. The other pits were mostly shallow and produced no evidence for their original function. One pit was however potentially the corner of a much larger sub-rectangular feature.
The various linear features produced no dating evidence.
See report (S1) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 October 2016. Amended 8 June 2021.