Ladybridge Farm: Evaluation Trench (Intervention 26)
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Intervention 26 was situated c.36.00m to the north of Intervention 25 and measured 100m x 4m, orientated east-west. Ground surface sloped down from c.41.80m AOD at the western end to c.41.95 at the eastern end of the trench. The dark yellowish-brown ploughsoil (C1123) was found to be a consistent 0.30 to 0.35m in depth and overlay a clean orangish-brown gravel and clayey-silt natural subsoil with areas of cleaner clay towards the western end of the intervention (C1124).
A single feature was defined cut into C1124, F25, which appeared as a small circular deposit of mid-brown sandy clay. The feature measured c.1.50m in diameter and was sectioned approximately north-south where it proved to be a small steep-sided pit with a concave base backfilled once with C1204. C1204 consisted of a friable sandy clay which contained frequent fine gravel and pebbles and rare charcoal flecks. F25 was interpreted as a small pit; no dateable material was recovered from this feature.
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