NHER 65178 (Monument record) - ?Prehistoric and undated features

2017.
It has been suggested by J. Albone (HES) that a ring-ditch may be visible as a faint cropmark at this location on Google Earth aerial imagery dated 25 May 2011 (S1). See plot showing suggested location of ring-ditch in file.
This cropmark must be very faint as no clear trace of it could be identified when the Google Earth imagery was reviewed in 2021.
P. Watkins (HES), 23 July 2021.

August 2018. Trial Trench.
Evaluation of proposed development site.
A single trench was excavated, positioned to target the possible ring-ditch thought to be visible as a faint cropmark at this location (see above).
This trench revealed a small pit, an undated east-to-west aligned ditch sealed beneath a layer of colluvial material and a large natural solution hollow.
The pit produced two small sherds of possible Bronze Age pottery but a sample taken from its fill was found to contain no preserved plant remains.
Finds recovered from the solution hollow included pottery sherds of Iron Age, ?Roman and late medieval/early post-medieval date.
A sample taken from the fill of the ditch produced single charred grains of wheat and barley.
Information from report uploaded to OASIS. HER copy awaited.
P. Watkins (HES), 23 July 2021.