Data from a Trial Trench Evaluation at Durdent Court, Colne Valley, North Embankment, Buckinghamshire, 2020 (HS2 Phase One)
High Speed Two Ltd., MOLA Headland Infrastructure, MOLA Northampton, 2025. https://doi.org/10.5284/1128387. How to cite using this DOI
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- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1128387
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Introduction
This collection includes images, site records, reports, spreadsheets, and CAD data from a trial trench evaluation at Durdent Court, Colne Valley, North Embankment, Buckinghamshire (HS2 Phase One). The work was carried out by MOLA Headland Infrastructure between August and September 2020. The investigation aimed to identify the location, extent, survival, and significance of any heritage assets and to assess the potential of any surviving remains.
Project Summary
A trial trench investigation was carried out in land parcel C10057 at Durdent Court, Colne Valley, North Embankment, Buckinghamshire. The site lies within Community Forum Area CFA7 Colne Valley and within archaeological Character Area 3. The area has identified potential for archaeological remains of prehistoric date. It is also possible that the county boundary follows the line of Shire Lane, a Roman road. The site also has potential for the remains of 19th-century garden features relating to the Tile House (now demolished). This phase of works follows a trial pit investigation of the site by MHI in 2019. The trial trench investigation comprised nine trenches which recorded a ditch, a possible post hole and two pits of medieval date as well as three undated ditches and an undated pit or tree bowl. Prehistoric worked and burnt flints were found in most features, some of which are residual and other within undated features. A 19th-century brick drain was also found. The findings of this evaluation should be viewed and, if necessary, revised in the light of new evidence from any forthcoming mitigation phase of the site.
Re-Use Value Statement
This archive can be used independently and/or in in conjunction with the rest of HS2 datasets in order to further investigate the archaeological features, assemblages and periods recorded on this route. This can also function as a guide to digital archiving for future infrastructure projects benefiting both the commercial sector and the research community.
