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Digital Archive from an Archaeological Excavation at Melksham Campus, Melksham, Wiltshire, January to February 2021
No full textThis collection comprises site images, GIS data, databases and spreadsheets, and a document from an archaeological excavation at Melksham Campus, Melksham, Wiltshire. The works were carried out by Cotswold Archaeology between January and February 2021. The earliest remains comprised a few flints, amongst which a Mesolithic or Neolithic tool were datable. The earliest features were a few pits and postholes containing Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age pottery. Roman remains comprised enclosures, and a cremation. Two possible Anglo-Saxon sunken-featured buildings and a possible timber structure were also identified. Medieval remains at the site likely formed part of the manor farm and included paddocks which were then replaced by a ditched plot which included what was probably a raised floor granary. Post-medieval remains were sparse and likely suggest that the site formed part of an enclosed field by that time
Digital Archive from an Archaeological Strip, Investigation and Sample at Harthill Reservoir, Harthill, South Yorkshire, October 2022 - January 2023
No full textThis collection comprises images, site records, specialist reports and site drawing from an archaeological evaluation at Harthill Reservoir, Harthill, South Yorkshire. Work was carried out by York Archaeology from October 2022 to January 2023. Harthill Reservoir is located to the west of Harthill, a village within the parish of Harthill with Woodall, close to the border with Derbyshire, in the metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire. The reservoir was constructed between 1771 and 1796 as part of a series of reservoirs to supply water to the Chesterfield Canal which, it still continuously provides water to. The site was excavated to a level at which archaeological deposits were present. Through the first stage of investigation two drove way ditches were uncovered, likely to be late medieval in date. Five large drainage ditches to the north of the drove way suggest a temporary field system set up between Harthill and the village of Woodall. Two outlying linears suggest boundary ditches. A large pit seems likely to be a quarrying pit to extract limestone potentially to repair the drove way. Finally, several interconnecting smaller linear are perhaps part of the field drainage system. Through the second phase of investigations a continuation of one of the drove way ditches was uncovered. Two large east to west ditches were exposed perhaps used as field boundaries. Seven east to west drainage ditches suggest a continuation of the field systems present in the first stage of excavation
Digital Archive from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Main Road, Boreham, Essex, October 2015
No full textThis collection comprises site images and records, and reports from an archaeological watching brief of 10 geotechnical test pits at Main Road, Boreham, Chelmsford, Essex. The works were undertaken by Archaeology South East in October 2015. The test pitting primarily aimed to test for the presence of asbestos contamination in the made ground penetrated by the piling mat ground reduction. Zero archaeological information or finds were produced through the test-pitting., suggesting this is an archaeologically negative site
Site Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at Owlstone Croft, Queens' College, Cambridge, July 2024
No full textThis collection comprises images, a report, CAD, and site record data from an archaeological evaluation by trial trenching at Owlstone Croft, Queens' College, Cambridge. Albion Archaeology was commissioned, and carried out works between the 29th to the 30th of July 2024. The only archaeological feature identified was a large modern pit, which is of negligible significance
Images from a Photographic Survey at The Royal Hotel, Station Road, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, March 2025
No full textThis collection comprises images from a programme of historic building survey of the Grade II* Listed Royal Hotel, Station Road, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire. The work was commissioned by Brookland Group and carried out by Cotswold Archaeology in March 2025. Presently undergoing renovation, the building is located on the east side of Station Road, c. 900m north-west of the A42, in the south of the town centre
Digital Archive from a Magnetometry Survey at Gryphon Lodge Farm, Leigh, Wiltshire, March 2024
No full textThis collection consists of a vector graphic, GIS and geophysics data from a geophysical survey, comprising detailed magnetometry, by Archaeological Surveys Ltd. Work occurred ahead of the construction of a new fishing lake near Gryphon Lodge Farm, Leigh, Wiltshire in March 2024. A number of anomalies correspond with a shallow depression, although its origin is uncertain. Other anomalies appear to be associated with a low north to south bank within the field. A small number of discrete, pit-like anomalies have also been located as well as a number of positive linear anomalies; however, they lack clarity and their date and function are uncertain. Evidence of land drainage and agricultural activity have also been located
Images from an Archaeological Evaluation at Butterfield Business Park, Luton, July 2022
No full textThis collection comprises images from an archaeological evaluation at Butterfield Business Park, Plot 9, Luton undertaken by Pre-Construct Archaeology in July 2022. No archaeological features or deposits of significance were encountered in the five trial trenches
Digital Archive from Archaeological Works at Church Road, Old Newton, Suffolk, 2022
No full textThis collection comprises images, spreadsheets, databases, and GIS data from an archaeological evaluation and an archaeological excavation within a parcel of land to the south of Church Road, Old Newton, Suffolk undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology. The evaluation occurred in May 2022 and the excavation between October and November 2022. In the evaluation, the features primarily consisted of ditches marking post-medieval field boundaries, although a number of earlier features were encountered along with three undated ditches that probably predate the post-medieval period. In the excavation, the main archaeological feature of Area 1 was a ditch (4022). A dominance of pottery types current in the 2nd to 3rd centuries AD from the fills of the boundary (4022) and other features suggests a probable focus for this activity in the mid-Roman period. In Area 2, a pit (3202) with two Roman pottery vessels dated to the Late Roman period was discovered. These represent a 'structured deposit', and it is possible that the vessels had once contained something perishable (for example, food or drink)
Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at The Portway, Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire, 2024
No full textThis collection comprises image, text, spreadsheet and GIS data from an Archaeological Evaluation on land at The Portway, Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire. The work was undertaken by Wessex Archaeology and comprised the excavation, investigation and recording of 108 trial trenches. Thirty-three of the excavated trial trenches contained archaeological features and deposits. The uncovered features comprised ditches, gullies, ring ditches, pits, postholes, inhumation graves, a wall and a beamslot representing three main periods of activity: early prehistoric, Iron Age and Romano-British though several features remain of uncertain date. There is also some evidence of earlier activity in the vicinity as indicated by small quantities of worked flint of probable Neolithic or Early to Middle Bronze Age date, found residually in later features and from unstratified contexts. The only evidence of activity post-dating the Romano-British period is represented by two sherds of medieval pottery found intrusively in the upper fill of two Romano-British pits
Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation Adjacent to 26 Taylors Lane, Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, March 2024
No full textThis collection comprises images, GIS data, and spreadsheets from an archaeological evaluation on land adjacent to 26 Taylors Lane, Swavesey, Cambridgeshire. This work was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in March 2024. The site is located within the Castle Hill Earthworks Scheduled Monument. A cluster of four pits was exposed within Trench 3, with two of the features producing small assemblages of 12th to 14th century medieval pottery. Several ditches were also revealed. The bulk soil samples recovered provided evidence of domestic settlement activity, with mixed charred cereals, hazelnut shells, and other cultivated species identified alongside small quantities of associated weeds. The features encountered represent a continuation of activity observed during previous fieldwork in the immediate vicinity, relating to the early phases of occupation at Swavesey Castle