NHER 58281 (Monument record) - Medieval field boundary or drainage ditch

April 2012. Trial Trenching.
Two trial trenches were excavated in advance of proposed residential development. The only archaeological feature recorded was a ditch containing a sherd of 14th century pottery. Environmental sampling indicated that the feature may have held standing water at times, and it has been interpreted as a possible drainage ditch or boundary ditch which went out of use sometime during the 14th century and was allowed to naturally fill with silt. The lack of finds suggests that there were no dwellings immediately adjacent to the investigated area, and the ditch feature appeared to cut into a thick layer of subsoil which may have been the result of farming.
See report (S1) for further information.
H. Hamilton (HES), 23 November 2012.