The Old Vicarage, Anchor Road, Calne - Archaeological Excavation Report

Wessex Archaeology

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned to undertake an archaeological investigation within the north-east corner of the garden of The Old Vicarage, Anchor Road, Calne, the monitored area measured an area c. 75 m2, centred on NGR 400034 171000.

The investigation confirmed the presence of two substantial north to south orientated ditches, which based on artefactual evidence could date to the medieval period, although were still extant and being infilled in the post medieval period during landscaping within the grounds of the vicarage. The ditches may be part of a boundary demarcating the site of a medieval monastic lodge, which is thought to have been located within the grounds of the current vicarage.