Site Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at Symmetry Park, Stroud, Gloucestershire August to September 2021
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Introduction
![View of Trench 18 gullies and surfaces key context [1808]](images/AAL399_102.jpg)
This collection comprises images, CAD, site records and spreadsheet data from an Archaeological Evaluation at Symmetry Park, Stroud, Gloucestershire. This trial trenching was undertaken by Avon Archaeology Limited between August and September 2021.
Cut features and surfaces dating to the Romano-British period reflect the majority of the dated features recorded during the evaluation. They were broadly confined to the south-eastern quarter of the site with Trench 18 the most intensive focus of activity. The assemblage of finds indicate a date range between the 2nd and 4th centuries. The features recorded are consistent with those that might be expected from a Romano-British farmstead or small settlement.
Clear evidence of land management was present in the form of ditches and gullies, which are indicative of field systems and possibly enclosures. Post-holes and the presence of a metaled surface are indicative of occupation, although no direct evidence for buildings was identified.
Additionally expected evidence of the airfield was confined to the location of the broad crop mark which crosses the site in a north-west/ south-east direction, indicating the line of a former taxi/ run-way. Remains consisted primarily of a rubble hard-core deposit which truncated the natural. It was surprising that no evidence of the airfield other than the runway was discovered; no building foundations, no finds of buried equipment, etc. These results may highlight the temporary nature of the airfield which was only operational for a relatively short period of time.
