NHER 68952 (Monument record) - Potentially post-medieval ring-ditches and other undated ditches

June-July 2020. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed development site.
These trenches revealed a cluster of undated linear features on an area of higher ground at eastern end of the site, including two ring-ditches and a number of other ditches and gullies. No finds were recovered from any of these features. It is thought that the ring-ditches had probably been drainage ditches around post-medieval haystacks stands and the other ditches were most likely of a similar age, although the possibility of an earlier date can't be discounted.
It is likely these remains were associated with a cluster of ring-ditches, enclosures and other linear features visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (recorded as NHER 18243).
Information from draft report. Final version awaited.
P. Watkins (HES), 12 March 2025.