Abbey Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, Trial Trench Evaluation

The site comprises a single, contiguous, irregularly shaped parcel of approximately 2.46ha of developed land, currently in use as the Abbey Street car park and commercial premises including the former Cooperative Society buildings and later structures. Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd was commissioned to carry out archaeological trial trenching exercise at the Abbey Street car park, Nuneaton in two phases prior to the development of the car park and adjacent buildings as part of a regeneration scheme for the town. The earliest features identified on site were represented by the remains of two rectangular pits, from which animal bone and ceramic, broadly dateable to between the 17th and 19th Centuries, was recovered. Overall, the archaeology revealed in the remaining trenches related to 19th century and later construction and demolition, represented by the remains of brick-built wall footings and surfaces. The area was also disturbed by more recent construction and utilities.