Excavation at Drayton Bassett (GallWP 029C Historic Environment Works Drayton Bassett (Gallows Brook) Final Factual Report for Archaeological Mitigation Enabling Works Northows Brook)

Between January and June 2022, Wessex Archaeology undertook archaeological mitigation at Drayton Bassett (Gallows Brook) between Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire and Middleton, Warwickshire. The flint assemblage suggests the mitigation area may have been the site of seasonal or periodic occupation activity in the Late Mesolithic. The pottery assemblage is indicative of a phase of activity dating to the Late Bronze Age-Iron Age, and a second phase of activity in the 1st century AD, possibly continuing into the 2nd century. The Romano-British evidence suggests the mitigation area may be on the fringes of a more intense area of activity; the earlier trial trenching had identified an area of Romano-British activity around 600 m to the north-west, and two Romano-British sites (Glasshouse Wood Scheduled Monument, NHL ref: 1005723 and Crewe Farm Romano-British settlement, ES ref: STN031) are known in the wider area.