Four trenches were excavated, each measuring 1.8m wide and totalling 40m in length, each measuring 10m. Prior to the commencement of fieldwork, provisional trench locations were agreed with CHET, focusing upon those areas most likely to be affected by development groundworks. Topsoil and other recent deposits were removed by a mechanical excavator fitted with a 1.6m wide toothless ditching bucket. Trench bases and representative samples of the trench sides were subsequently cleaned by hand, prior to the part-excavation of features and deposits of potential archaeological origin, to ascertain character, extent and date. Excavated features were recorded through drawn plans and sections at a scale of 1:20, with elevations of the standing building recorded at 1:50. This record was augmented by colour photographs and written context records on pro forma recording sheets. All trenches and reference points used in planning were located by survey grade GPS. The site was heavily truncated by modern services. A medieval small ditch or gully was the earliest activity found on site. Post-medieval occupation intensified with a workhouse being constructed in the 19th century to the north of the site, including a track to the workhouse laid through the centre of the current site. Numerous post-medieval deposits were recorded on site and were likely associated with the construction of buildings and the maintenance of the track. Three structures were built on the plot during the post-medieval period, with a small building in the north-eastern corner of the site being the last building remaining on the site from this period and has been recorded as part of this project.
Atkin et al. (Fri,) studied this question.