Environmental Statement volume 4 - Chiltern Evergreen3

OARef. No351Feature Type Description SourceHedgerowExtant hedgerow that meets theSchedule I Part II Criteria(Archaeology and history) of the1997 Hedgerow Regulations to bedefined as an ‘ImportantHedgerow’.HS, WS352ArchaeologicalInvestigationAn Evaluation by CotswoldArchaeology produced an Iron Agepit and other undated and postmedieval features on land north ofGavray Drive. This is locatedimmediately east of the rail line.HER 1936353ArchaeologicalInvestigationEvaluation by John Moore HeritageServices of early-late RB settlementeast of railway line. Continuation ofRB site west of railway line (OA119/253).HER 26005354ArchaeologicalInvestigationHER 26122 – An Evaluation andRecording Action by NorthamptonArchaeology revealed a late IronAge and Romano-British farmsteadat Bicester Park 4 (Oxoniensia Vol.73 2008).HER 26122355ArchaeologicalInvestigationAn Evaluation at Bicester OfficePark by Network Archaeologyrevealed a dense scatter ofMesolithic flint work includingcores and tools. This possiblyrepresents a seasonal campsiteequivalent to that found 2.5 kmnorth at Slade Farm. Lateprehistoric and Romano-Britishsettlement and agricultural featureswere also found on this area of landbetween the railway and A41.HER 26128356ArchaeologicalInvestigationGeophysical survey and LIDARrevealed a double-ditchedenclosure within the AlchesterSAM immediately east of therailway close to Langford Lanecrossing and immediately west ofOA 132 the WB at Merton Grounds.One interpretation that has beenproposed is that this may beanother fort.HER 26192ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENTH24CHILTERN RAILWAYS