A watching brief was maintained during excavations for construction of a single new house on land to the south of Bicester Road, Church Enstone. No significant archaeological remains were found. No structures (walls etc) were encountered in any of the excavations. A modern duct trench running parallel with and immediately south of Bicester Road was the only feature seen. The bedrock geology was exposed over all of the excavated areas, although in places the shallow nature of the work meant that only the brashy upper level was seen. Firm bedrock was noted, however, at the north end of the site (within the new access of Bicester Road) and in the new service trenches. A small quantity of medieval and post-medieval pottery was found, all in the subsoil overlying the limestone bedrock. The sherds were scattered along the length of the new access road, and may only represent cultivation activity on the site in the medieval and post-medieval periods. This is also suggested by the presence of limestone brash in the subsoil, and the slightly disturbed character of the uppermost bedrock itself.
Keevill et al. (Wed,) studied this question.