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To monitor the excavation of a soakaway trench at St Mary Churchyard for archaeological remains.

April 18, 2026Open Access

Watching Brief at Church of St Mary, Buckland

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To monitor the excavation of a soakaway trench at St Mary Churchyard for archaeological remains.
Conducted excavation of linear soakaway trench on the north side of the church.
Monitored trench to depths of up to 1.4 meters.
Recorded findings of skeletal remains and other artifacts.
No articulated skeletal remains were found during the excavation.
A total of 14 disarticulated bones were recovered in two groups.
The found bones were reburied in the trench immediately after excavation.

Abstract

Monitoring of linear soakaway trench excavation on the north side and to the north-east of the church. Despite the fact that the trench crossed a historic part of the churchyard, at depths of up to 1.4m, no articulated skeletal remains were found. Only 14 disarticulated bones were found, in two small groups (3 and 11 bones). They were reburied in the trench when it was backfilled on the same day as the excavation. There were no finds.

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Graham Keevill

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