Data from a Trial Trench Evaluation at West Hyde and Tilehouse Lane (Phase 2), Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire, 2019-2022 (HS2 Phase One)
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Introduction
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This collection comprises reports, documents, CAD files, spreadsheets, site records, and Harris matrices from a trial trench evaluation carried out by MOLA Headland Infrastructure on land west of the village of West Hyde and west of Tilehouse Lane from September to November 2019.
Project Summary
A programme of archaeological trial trenching evaluation was carried out on land west of the village of West Hyde and west of Tilehouse Lane, located to north of Denham Green, Uxbridge and west of the River Colne. It comprised all or parts of three fields (C10009, C10010, and C10011). The site has been partially evaluated in two previous phases of archaeological trial trenching. The objectives were to identify settlement location and patterns for the Mesolithic, Neolithic, and Early Bronze Age; to identify regional patterns in the form and location of Late Bronze Age and Iron Age settlements; to assess the archaeological evidence in the Romano-British period; and to identify patterns of change within medieval rural settlements (11th-mid 14th century). A total of 165 trenches were excavated, 27 contained archaeological features. These were represented solely by cut features (ditches, pits, post holes, and cremations).
No horizontal stratigraphy survived and the majority of the features were truncated by intensive ploughing of the area. Trenches 038-042, 044, and 078 illustrated a multi-phased settlement occupied between the Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age and the transitional Late Iron Age/Early Roman period. The settlement extends into the north area C10037. Two cremations, possibly early Roman, might be associated with the Roman phase of this settlement. A limited number of features potentially representing a broad prehistoric activity were also observed. Other trenches dated to Late Iron Age/Early Roman period. Medieval activity was evidenced by a single rubbish pit (T. 164) with 13th-14th century pottery. The post-medieval period was illustrated by two quarry pits (T. 083 and 211) a field boundary ditch (T. 082), a brick kiln, a ditch, and a pit (T. 089). A number of undated features (ditches and occasional pits) were recorded in the north-western part of C10010 and can be related with old field system(s) datable to any epoch.
