NHER 68105 (Negative evidence) - Site where test pit revealed no archaeologically-significant remains

August 2017. Test Pit.
Evaluation of proposed development site.
A single test pit was excavated to a depth of c. 1.10m (the depth required by the proposed development).
The lowest deposit encountered was a thick layer of mid brownish grey clayey silt, the base of which was not reached. This probable made-up deposit lay immediately beneath the loose yellow sand bedding for the current tarmac surface and produced a mix of medieval, post-medieval and early modern finds. These finds included medieval, post-medieval and post-medieval/modern pottery sherds, a medieval/post-medieval brick fragment, post-medieval to modern tile and drain fragments; post-medieval clay tobacco pipe fragments; bottle and vessel glass fragments of likely 19th- to 20th-century date and pieces of animal bone.
Although more archaeologically-significant deposits are likely to survive at a greater depth these will not be impacted by the proposed development.
Information from draft report. Final version awaited.
P. Watkins (HES), 19 February 2024.