Site Data from a Geophysical Survey and Trial Trench Evaluation at Middle Farm, Mixbury, Oxfordshire March-April 2021
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Introduction
This collection comprises site data (images, a report and geophysics data) from a geophysical survey and trial trench evaluation undertaken by Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) between March and April 2021 at Middle Farm, Mixbury, Oxfordshire.
Geophysical survey
MOLA was commissioned by RPS Consulting Ltd to conduct an archaeological geophysical survey on land to the north of Middle Farm, Mixbury, Oxfordshire.
The survey identified little of archaeological interest and the data being dominated by an irregular background patterning of geological anomalies. Apart from faint remnants of medieval or later ridge and furrow cultivation, the only feature of note was a small, indistinct curvilinear feature. This could be archaeological in origin or, more probably, a spurious feature formed by a chance arrangement of geological features and plough furrows.
Trial trench evaluation
MOLA was commissioned by RPS Consulting Ltd, on behalf of their client PC & IC Rymer Ltd, to carry out an archaeological trial trench evaluation. This stage of works was preceded by a geophysical survey (MOLA 2021) and comprised the excavation of five trial trenches, each measuring 30m in length and 1.8m in width. No archaeological features, deposits of finds were encountered during the evaluation. As such, the results of the project have no potential to address the research priorities of the region.
