Evaluation at Eastington Hall

The original intention was to excavate four trenches two of which were to be 15m long and 1.6m wide and two to be 10m long and 1.6m wide. However, on inspection of the site, it was found that the area was divided by stone walls and heavy flagstone paths. Therefore, following consultation with MHDC, three trenches were excavated in more accessible areas. In one T-shaped trench, several foundations were present which relate to the former locations of the walls of one of the farm buildings known from a photograph to have been an open fronted single storey shed. The function of a further brick feature with an adjacent drain running at an angle to the former building is not known. It is clear from anomalies of the geophysical survey that these features extend beyond the limits of the trench. No significant archaeological features were recorded in the two further trenches, both of which are in areas thought to have been landscaped for the creation of the garden following demolition of the buildings, one having been lowered and the other built up with made ground. Artefacts recovered from topsoil and subsoil in the trenches are post Medieval and of little significance. No features or artefacts relating to the adjacent Medieval settlement were uncovered and it is concluded either that the settlement did not continue into this area, or that such remains were removed by the construction and demolition of the farm buildings and subsequent landscaping.