Reports
Our reports library includes fieldwork, geophysical, geoarchaeological, marine and post-excavation reports from our archaeological and heritage projects across the UK.
There are 220 Reports listed.
Swing Swang Lane, Basingstoke, Hampshire - Archaeological Excavation Report
Published: 2020-09-30
Subjects: Bronze Age, Neolithic, Romano-British
The investigation confirmed the presence of background prehistoric activity on the site observed during earlier archaeological works. This included a boundary ditch containing Romano-British pottery and worked flint, and a small pit and tree throw containing worked flint. A substantial sized undated pit was also investigated and the function of this feature remains unclear. The only evidence [...]
Land at Ratby Lane, Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire - Archaeological Excavation Report
Published: 2020-08-31
Subjects: Romano-British
The 850 m2 excavation site contained a total of eleven archaeological features: a parallel pair of ditches and nine pits/postholes. Most of the latter appeared to form the circumference of an 11 m diameter circle. What this originally represented is unproven; possible interpretations include a roundhouse, although this is tentative. Only three artefacts were recovered (two potsherds – one [...]
Moxy Hotel, Chester, Cheshire - Post-excavation Assessment
Published: 2020-06-30
Subjects: 20th Century, Medieval, Post Medieval, Romano-British
Romano-British features were sealed by layers of buried soil. These soils contained artefacts of a variety of dates, including Romano-British, medieval and 17th-, 18th- and 19th-century. It is probable that these buried soils are analogous to those identified on the adjacent Boughton Centre site, where they were identified as Romano-British. Ditches and sandstone walls contemporary with the [...]
Dredged Up - Issue 27
Published: 2020-06-01
Subjects: Marine Archaeology
Archaeology Finds Reporting Service Magazine Issue 27 Autumn 2020
Peartree Apartments, Salisbury, Wiltshire - Archaeological Monitoring Report
Published: 2020-04-01
Subjects: Palaeolithic
Though no artefacts were recovered as part of this project, brickearth has been identified and represents the known southernmost extent of the brickearth in the north Salisbury area.
Chestnut Walk, Reading, Berkshire - Archaeological Watching Brief Report
Published: 2020-04-01
Subjects: 21st Century
Out of the 20 pits excavated, only one contained deposits different to a stratigraphic sequence of layers of made ground overlain by the modern topsoil, that had been established by the evaluation. This was a modern feature, whose single fill contained metal sheeting and bricks. This feature appears likely to be associated with the construction of the present footpath. A layer of mortar [...]
Neatham Manor Farm, Alton, Hampshire - Post-excavation Assessment
Published: 2020-03-31
Subjects: Medieval, Neolithic, Romano-British
The earliest evidence of activity on site was provided by a small quantity of worked flint, including a fragment of an Early Neolithic polished axe, retrieved from subsoil or found residually in later features. Two parallel ditches, aligned north-east to south-west and approximately 30 m apart, provide limited evidence for Romano-British settlement. An adjacent quarry pit, for gravel, could [...]
Land at Albion Road, Marden, Kent - Post-excavation Assessment
Published: 2020-02-29
Subjects: Iron Age, Romano-British
The first phase of evaluation within the western half of the site recorded largely undated ditches pits and postholes, although five of the postholes were broadly dated to the prehistoric period. No further investigation took place within the western half of the site. The Phase 2 evaluation and excavation area contained three large enclosure ditches, parts of at least three roundhouses along with [...]
Jarvis Land, Chilmington, Ashford, Kent - Archaeological Excavation Report
Published: 2020-02-29
Subjects: Medieval, Post Medieval
A total of 22 features comprising ditches, pits and postholes were identified across all areas, with a concentration in Area D in the southeast of the site. The features were dated to the medieval to modern periods with some residual prehistoric material recovered, including three Mesolithic or possibly Mesolithic tools (axe, pick and blade). The archaeological features relate to land [...]
Land at Upper Cufaude Farm, Basingstoke, Hampshire - Archaeological Excavation Report
Published: 2020-01-31
Subjects: Romano-British
The excavation successfully identified the western flanking ditch, but was unable to identify any evidence for a corresponding eastern flanking ditch. No further evidence for the Roman road itself or any associated features were revealed by the excavation. The only artefacts recovered during the excavation were two metal objects, which were subjected to X-radiography, but remain of [...]
Lady Dane Farm, Faversham, Kent - Archaeological Evaluation Report and Post-excavation Assessment
Published: 2020-01-31
Subjects: Bronze Age, Early Medieval, Iron Age, Medieval, Romano-British
Area 1, located in the south-western corner of the site, was subject to significant truncation, which was evident during the excavation. Despite this, archaeological remains, primarily dating to from the Prehistoric and Romano-British periods, were recorded. The archaeological features, comprising 46 ditches, 69 pits/postholes and two material spreads, were focussed primarily in the western half [...]
Dredged Up - Issue 26
Published: 2020-01-01
Subjects: Marine Archaeology
Archaeology Finds Reporting Service Magazine Issue 26 Spring 2020.
Aspire School, Staplehurst Road, Sittingbourne, Kent - Archaeological Investigations Report
Published: 2019-12-31
Subjects: Bronze Age, Neolithic
The archaeological watching brief consisted of monitoring a topsoil reduction of 0.20-0.25m around the Bronze Age barrows which were intended to be preserved in-situ. The archaeological investigations revealed a concentration of archaeological features in the central section of the site, with all artefactual evidence pointing to a prehistoric date. The main area of activity, dated to the [...]
Land at Lowsley Farm, Liphook, Hampshire - Archaeological Excavation Report
Published: 2019-12-31
Subjects: Undated / No Archaeology Recorded
Following the evaluation, it was determined that a small area be subjected to targeted excavation, focussing on a trench in which two undated pits with deliberate deposits of burnt material had been found, and where the geophysical survey had found a small number of magnetic anomalies. The excavation successfully identified an extension to one of the pits excavated during the evaluation and a [...]
Land off Grove Road / Moor Lane, Kirk Sandall Phase 2 - Post-excavation Assessment
Published: 2019-12-31
Subjects: Medieval, Post Medieval
The most significant result may be the recovery of a small assemblage of medieval pottery. This material was generally residual in later contexts, however the pottery is of intrinsic interest, particularly a few sherds of Hallgate A1 ware. A small amount of possible ferruginous furnace lining was recovered from a rubbish pit (1030). The possible furnace lining was bonded to rough, non-refractory [...]