Site Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at Oakley Grove, Harbury Lane, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire September 2018
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Introduction
This collection comprises images, a report, site records, spreadsheets and CAD from an Archaeological Evaluation on land off Harbury Lane, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. This trial trench evaluation was undertaken by Oxford Archaeology (South) in September 2018. The work was commisioned by A C Lloyd on the the site of a proposed residential development of Oakley Grove Phase 3.
The evaluation comprised 44 trenches and was completed between the 3rd and 21st September 2018. Three trenches contained features that were dated to the middle Iron Age (Trenches 24, 31 and 41) and these features were located towards the southeast of the site.
This evaluation found evidence of the medieval hamlet of Tachbrook Mallory. The evidence for this settlement included several large N-S ditches which may have separated the housing and garden plots from agricultural land to the west. A number of E-W ditches were also found and these may have divided housing plots fronting onto Oakley Wood Road.
Medieval and post-medieval ridge and furrow was found across most of the site, in several alignments. A 17th-18th century brick kiln was found within Trench 9 and a charcoal deposit was found within Trench 44. The bricks from this kiln were dated to the 17th-18th century.
