NHER 55796 (Monument record) - 19th and 20th century features and structures

June-July 2010. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks associated with construction of new residential dwelling.
These works revealed features dating from the 19th to 20th centuries likely to have been associated with structures depicted on old maps. A series of post-holes probably represents a fence within the yard area between the street front building and the shed at the rear of the property. Two pits of uncertain function are probably contemporary with the cottage. The excavation indicated that the ground fell away more steeply in the past and could suggest terracing and why there is a lack of pre-modern archaeological features. A subsoil deposit that may been the fill of a larger feature and linear feature are possibly pre-modern.
See report (S1) for further details.
S. Howard (HES), 5 July 2011.