3.1 An archaeological watching brief was maintained on the below ground works pertaining to the installation of new services and foundations that were likely to have an impact on any surviving archaeological remains. 2.3.2 The ground works was monitored by an experienced archaeologist. The work was carried out in dry conditions with good visibility. 2.3.3 All fieldwork was undertaken in accordance with standard OAS practices (Wilkinson 1992) as outlined in the WSI (OA 2016). In September Oxford Archaeology were commissioned by Nicola Stapleton to undertake an archaeological watching brief at the site of a proposed new housing development along Church Road, Long Hanborough, Witney, Oxfordshire (SP 4210 1350). The work was undertaken as a condition of planning permission to investigate the archaeological survival at the site. The historic mapping of Long Hanborough shows that there has been quarrying activity in the area with an early gravel quarry pit established in the north-west part of the site by 1921. By 1955 the quarry appears to have been expanded and the field was designated a gravel quarry. The gravel may have been extracted for nearby road construction. The results of the fieldwork indicate that any archaeology, which may have been present within the proposed development area, had been destroyed by the impact of the quarrying.
Strutt et al. (Fri,) studied this question.