The fieldwork comprised the excavation of two trenches. Trench One was 45m long, Trench 2 was 25m long both were excavated with a 1.6m wide toothless bucket. These were excavated in the locations shown on the attached plan. Trenches were set out on OS National Grid (NGR) co-ordinates using Leica GPS and surveyed in accordance with CA Technical Manual 4 Survey Manual (2012). An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in July and August 2014 at Whitehouse Farm Chichester. Two trenches were excavated. The evaluation comprised of the excavation of two trial trenches measuring 45m by 1.6m (Trench 1) and 25m by 1.6m (Trench 2) respectively. Within Trench 1 an east to west aligned ditch was recorded from which two sherds of Romano-British pottery dating to the late 2nd to 4th centuries along with Roman ceramic building material was recovered. At the southern end of both trenches a cut which has been identified as a World War II tank trap was recorded. It is likely that the tank trap may have impacted upon the survival of earlier archaeological remains relating to the Hook Dyke or postulated line of the Roman road that issued out of the Roman West Gate at Chichester. However, the east to west ditch from which Romano-British pottery was recovered could be remnant evidence of a drainage ditch associated with the Roman Road.
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