NHER 69215 (Monument record) - Post-medieval and undated ditches

April 2023. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed development site.
The six trenches excavated revealed a number of ditches, most of which were probably of relatively recent date. The most substantial feature was a west-north-west to east-south-east aligned ditch close to the southern boundary of the site that appears to relate to a former field boundary shown on the Ordnance Survey First Edition Six-inch map (S1). The majority of the other linear features were aligned either west-north-west to east-south-east or north-north-east to south-south-west, suggesting they were most likely also post-medieval in date. This suggestion is supported by the small number of finds recovered, which included a piece of post-medieval clay tobacco pipe, a brown glass bottle and a quarry tile or brick paver.
A north-north-west to south-south-east aligned ditch at the eastern of the site is recorded as having produced a fragment of brick, but unfortunately no date is suggested for this find.
See report (S2) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 4 July 2025.