ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION - Mike Griffiths and Associates

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8.2.28 Intervention 34
Intervention 34 was situated c.16.55m to the north of
Intervention 33, measured 100m x 4m and was designed to
intersect a linear cropmark and several geophysical anomalies
(Intervention 4, F5, Intervention 5, F35 and F36) (see Figure
36). The trench was machine excavated and orientated eastwest
(Plate 42). The local ground surface was relatively level
at c.41.20m AOD. Ploughsoil (C1123) consisted of a
yellowish-brown gravel and clayey silt and was found to be
between 0.30-0.35m deep. C1123 overlay the natural subsoil
which consisted of an homogenous well-drained orangishbrown
gravel and clayey silt which was consistent over the
whole of the trench (C1124).
Plate 42 Intervention 34 looking east (scale
2m)
Two features were defined within Intervention 34, F48 and F50 (Figure 91). F48 was located 50.80m from the
western end of the intervention and appeared as a butt-ending linear deposit of brown silt. Upon excavation it
proved to be a possible butt-ending feature with moderately sloping sides and measuring 1.00m wide x 2.00m
visible length (Figure 92). F48 had been backfilled once with C1246, a firm brown sandy silt with rare mixed
gravel and pebble inclusions which was otherwise sterile. F48 was interpreted as a possible furrow or ditch;
no dateable material was recovered during excavation.
F50 was situated 24.60m from the eastern end of the intervention and was defined as a circular deposit of brown
sandy silt. The feature was half-sectioned east-west and the southern half removed where it proved to be a pit
measuring 1.40m in diameter but only 0.19m deep (Figure 93). The pit had been backfilled once with C1248,
a brown sandy silt deposit which was flecked with mineralisation throughout. The deposit had merged with the
surrounding subsoil making definition and feature identification difficult. F50 was interpreted as a small
possible pit; no dateable material was recovered during excavation.
8.2.29 Intervention 35
Intervention 35 was situated towards the central area, and the
southern boundary, of Zone A (see Figure 36). The trench was
machine excavated and measured 100m x 4m, orientated northsouth
(Plate 43). Ground surface within the area of the trench
was 40.90m AOD. The yellowish-brown gravel and clayey silt
ploughsoil (C1123) was found to be c.0.30m deep. This overlay
the natural subsoil which consisted of an homogenous orangishbrown
gravel and clayey silt subsoil which included areas and
bands of mineralisation throughout the trench (C1124).
No features were defined within Intervention 35.
Plate 43 Intervention 35 looking south (scale
2m)
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