Stevens, Simon; Allott, Lucy; Barber, Luke; Doherty, Anna; Pringle, Susan; Raemen, Elke; Whittingham, Lucy; (2024) Archaeological Investigations at the ‘Warren’s Croft’ Site, Basingstoke Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, Berkshire

A geophysical survey was undertaken which included the site and two trial trenches were subsequently excavated within the boundaries of as part of a larger evaluation project by Cotswold Archaeological Trust (shown in Figure 1).A ditch dated to the post-medieval or modern period was the only feature encountered, although a single sherd of Roman pottery was also recovered (ibid.). THE EXCAVATED REMAINSintrusive (the medieval pottery probably originated in an overlying series of gullies).However, large assemblages of Middle Iron Age pottery were generally lacking from features in Area I, leaving this dating somewhat open to question.Ditches and gullies assigned to this period were also clustered in evaluation Trenches 18, 22, 23 and 28 (Figures 1 Inside Enclosure.Period 3. Fired clay brick/slab.Near complete.Fabric 4B 4 Ditch 547 (fill 548); Inside enclosure.Period 3. Fired clay kiln bar.Incomplete.Tapering.