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Fieldwork Results: Zone 5

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Zone 5 consisted of a 50m wide strip of the development area located against the northern boundary of the site. The northeastern corner of this area was characterised by a large mound of made ground, post-medieval in origin, which comprised bricks, earth and possibly contaminated soils. The landscaping of this was monitored under watching brief conditions (Intervention 25). The remainder of Zone 5 was investigated in two evaluation trenches.

Phase 2 (Medieval)

There were no archaeological deposits exposed within Zone 5 which predated the regime of medieval cultivation. Two furrows (F201 and F204) were sampled within Intervention 13. The fill of F204 (C1258) contained a fragment of clay tobacco pipe as well as a single sherd of medieval pottery (see Appendix E).

Phase 3 (Post-medieval)

Four amorphous soil features (F198, F199, F202 and F203) were all sampled within Intervention 13. F199 comprised an irregular shaped deposit of mixed grey brown sand, 1.3m long and 0.5m wide, containing frequent fragments of charcoal and burnt sandstone. Upon excavation F199 proved to be an irregular scoop which varied in depth between 0.05 and 0.15m. This feature appeared to be the result of root disturbance.

F198, F202 and F203 were all characterised by a distinctive reddish brown silty sand with occasional iron pan inclusions. These deposits varied in size between 0.2m and 0.5m in diameter and filled shallow amorphous scoops to a depth of between 0.02m and 0.05m. Like F199 these features all appeared to be the result of root disturbance.

Against the northern boundary of the site a stone surface was exposed and recorded within Intervention 24. This feature (F276) contained several bricks within its makeup and material recovered from its disuse suggested it was Victorian in date. F276 measured 7.0m by 2.0m within the area of investigation.

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