On my intial walk over of the site located at TA 1882 1157 i found Animal Bones and amounts of Medieval Green Glazed Pottery plus one piece of Roman Shelly Gritty ware.
Later on in the month i went back to the site with My Metal Detector and found a small amount of C17 Iron nails within the plough levels. No other metal finds where made on this occasion.
On the 6th of May, another in depth survey was carried out on the site, the topsoil was removed on an erea at the top of the field close to where the proposed construction of a small barn was to be taking place later in the year, The Trench was 2 meters by 4 meters and proceeded down to aprox 2 meters no metal finds where noted however plenty of Medieval Green Glazed Pottery was incountered and some sherds of Red Ware later identified as Roman in date, other finds consisted of mainly Animal bones and a few oyster shells.
There was alot of organic Material in the form of willow branches found in the bottom layers of the trench this was evident troughout the site and to the west whilst an over flow pipe for the warter works was being constructed this was found close to the surface and was said to be part of the Medieval water Managment of the site concisting of woven willow fencing and fish traps.
The site in the past had undergone many phases of drainage this was evident in the trenches as there seemed to be land drains crossing the trench in all diections and depths.
In the foundation trench for the barn at aprox 18 inches in the northern corner a land drain was encountered which was backfilled with chalk, in the center of what would later become the barn we found an area of burning at a depth of 15 inches no bones or pottery was encountered in the area of the barns footprint.
on the 8th of May i returned to the site and found one silver penny of Henry IV minted in Calias at a depth of about 8 inches also there was some more Roman Red ware pottery found and a Medieval Green Glazed jug handle, one peice of Roman Shelly Gritty Ware.
Conclusion.
Although there is alot of stratified Archaeology across the site it has been damaged by drainage and heavy ploughing the lower levels are intact and are likely to remain so as the planning regulations specified for the site only call for a footing to a depth of no more than one meter in depth.

chris…

The really do show the field markings quite clearly, I also like particularly like seeing the road in shot which gives perfect reference points.
Talk about ‘Original Quality Content’ . . .
Thanks once again to Jon
All the best
Rod

regards
Chris..