Land east of Youngwood Lane, Nailsea

All fieldwork was undertaken in accordance with current best practice and the CIfA's Standard and guidance for archaeological evaluation (CIfA 2020a). All invasive ground-breaking works were monitored by a suitably experienced and qualified archaeologist. The groundwork was undertaken by a JCB 3CX equipped with a flat bladed grading bucket, under archaeological supervision. Overburden was removed in shallow spits until the first archaeological horizon or undisturbed geological levels were exposed. Any identified deposits were cleaned by hand to define their extent, nature, form and, where possible, date. Where potential archaeology was encountered the JCB 3CX was halted in the affected area until the deposits had been resolved. One archaeological feature, a pit containing charcoal-rich deposits and one sherd of Post Medieval pottery, was present within Trench 1. Trench 6, nearest to and parallel with The Perrings, was found to have frequent Modern debris in a thin disturbed topsoil, and a small charcoal-rich spread was recorded. The remainder of the trenches contained no archaeological remains beyond unstratified Post Medieval potsherds in the topsoil. The anomalies identified within the geophysical survey were found to correspond with changes in the underlying superficial geology.