NHER 64804 (Monument record) - Post-medieval or modern pits

January-May 2010. Geophysical survey.
Magnetometer survey of three separate areas (Areas 3a, 3b and 3c).
The southernmost of the field contains a complex arrangement of large ferrous anomalies, within the area of a former World War Two military accommodation and training site (NHER 54509). A number of fragmentary 'pipeline' type anomalies are also present in this part of the site, which has clearly seen significant disturbance.
A tightly defined cluster of large ferrous anomalies in the south-westernmost part of the field (at TL 8717 8520) appears to coincides with the site of a deep topographical hollow, suggesting that this these may represent debris dumped into a former quarry. To the west is a dense cluster of dipolar anomalies that lacks the extreme peaks values typical of ferrous anomalies and could therefore conceivably represent a dump of industrial debris (particular given the proximity of a post-medieval kiln (NHER 14002)).
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are summarised in (S2).
P. Watkins (HES), 25 March 2021.

August-September 2010. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of part of large proposed development area (Trenches 1-5, 6 and 20-21).
Three trenches at the southern end of the field positioned to target the denser clusters of geophysical anomalies revealed two large features interpreted as former quarry pits. One produced two sherds of post-medieval pottery.
It is recorded that both contained large quantities of modern debris (including concrete), which almost certainly represents rubbish dumped at some point after the World War Two military accommodation and training site (NHER 54509) was decommissioned.
See report (S3) and NHER 64804 for further details.
S. Howard (HES), 10 August 2011.