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The fieldwork comprised the excavation of 12 trenches within that part of the site proposed for residential development (T1, T2, T5, T7, T8 and T15-T21; Fig. 2). Seven trenches were 20m long and five trenches were 10m long; all trenches were 1.8m wide. The trenches were located both to test geophysical anomalies and to provide a representative sample of geophysically 'blank' areas. The locations of Trenches 1, 2 and 21 were adjusted slightly from the layout specified in the WSI (CA 2016) to avoid trees and an overhead power line. All 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. All trenches were excavated by a mechanical excavator equipped with a toothless grading bucket. All machine excavation was undertaken under constant archaeological supervision to the top of the natural substrate. Where archaeological deposits were encountered, they were excavated by hand in accordance with CA Technical Manual 1: Fieldwork Recording Manual. Deposits were assessed for their palaeoenvironmental potential in accordance with CA Technical Manual 2: The Taking and Processing of Environmental and Other Samples from Archaeological Sites; no deposits were identified that required sampling. All artefacts recovered were processed in accordance with CA Technical Manual 3: Treatment of Finds Immediately after Excavation. As no significant archaeological features were identified during the evaluation, it is not currently proposed to prepare and deposit a project archive. The site archive and artefacts from the evaluation will, however, be held by CA at their offices in Kemble until all phases of archaeological work at the site have been completed, so that a combined project archive can be created and deposited should the later phases record significant archaeological features at the site. Should an archive be required, it will be created and deposited in accordance with the methodology detailed in Section 6 of the WSI (CA 2016). A summary of information from the evaluation, including the final version of this report, will be entered onto the OASIS online database of archaeological projects in Britain. An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in June 2016 at Station Road, Newton St Cyres, Devon. A total of twelve trenches was excavated.The evaluation identified three ditches at the site. Two of these ditches were post-medieval/modern in date; the third was undated artefactually, but was stratigraphically earlier than the other ditches at the site. |
