Images and CAD from an Archaeological Evaluation at Snook Acres, Front Street, Witton Gilbert, County Durham, January 2023
Rocket Heritage and Archaeology Ltd, 2023. https://doi.org/10.5284/1103310. How to cite using this DOI
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- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1103310
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Introduction
This collection comprises images and CAD from an archaeological evaluation at land adjoining Snook Acres, Front Street, Witton Gilbert, County Durham. This work was undertaken by Rocket Heritage and Archaeology Ltd in January 2023.
Eleven trenches measuring 30m x 2m were machine excavated under constant archaeological supervision using a 360 degree mechanical excavator fitted with a toothless ditching bucket. Machine excavation took place down to the first archaeological horizon, thereafter all excavation work was undertaken by hand where it was safe to do so. Care was taken to ensure that the machining did not impact upon any shallow archaeological remains. The trenches were designed to target a series of anomalies detected during the geophysical survey and to cover at least 4 percent of the available land.
A total of 11 trenches were excavated, revealing three post-medieval culverts, a post-medieval field boundary, along with two 20th century building surfaces. These remains appear to correspond with post-medieval agricultural use and the subsequent 19th and early 20th century housing development rather than potential for late prehistoric development outlined as part of the original heritage scoping. These archaeological remains have limited evidential value regarding the development of housing and settlement in the late 19th and early 20th century in the North East. Overall, the site has been extensively disturbed by the subsquent demolition and later road development. As a result, this report does not recommend further archaeological works for this site.
