Stonehenge Education Projects - Archaeological Evaluation and Ground Investigation Monitoring

Wessex Archaeology

An archaeological evaluation was undertaken on a 0.08 ha parcel of land located at the Stonehenge Visitors Centre, along with associated monitoring of localised ground investigations.

The works encountered no archaeological features, deposits or artefacts, despite the potential of the site, which lies within the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The evaluation trench was positioned to target and identify geophysical survey anomalies; however, no evidence of the anomalies was observed. A deposit of natural flint nodules was observed within the vicinity of a potential pit like anomaly identified within the survey and a possible trackway was shown to be likely glacial striations within the surface of the natural geology.