| Abstract: |
In total, thirteen trial pits, designated SLP1 to 13, were excavated. SLP2 and SLP7 were hand-dug, maximum depth 0.40m in Made Ground. The excavation of the other eleven pits was carried-out using a mechanical excavator, with toothless buckets, excavated materials were stored alongside each pit, keeping separate the topsoil and subsoil.
The hand-dug trial pits, SLP2 and SLP7, measured c.0.30m x 0.30m and 0.60m x 0.60m respectively, to a maximum depth of 0.40m below existing ground level.
The machine excavated trial pits, SLP’s1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13, measured c.2.00m x 0.45m, to depths ranging 0.70m to 2,30m below existing ground level. SLP1 was started with a hand-dug pit to c.1.20mbgl. The trial pits, SLPs 1, 2, 12, and including SLP7, within the fenced boundary of the sewage treatment works, in general, revealed no archaeological cut features or deposits and no residual finds were recovered at the time of excavation.
The trial pits, SLPs 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 13, within agricultural fields and within the flood zone, in general, revealed no archaeological cut features or deposits and no residual finds were recovered at the time of excavation.
The trial pits within the boundary of the STW had significant thickness of ‘Made Ground’ overlying natural stratum. In general, the outlying trial pits within agricultural land comprise
topsoil/plough soil overlying natural stratum. |
