Post-medieval pit and garden wall at Glyn-Colin, High Street (EHER 47675)

The 2009 evaluation identified post-medieval features.

2009. Trial trenching. An archaeological evaluation by trial trench was carried out on land at Glyn-Colin, High Street, Newport in advance of residential development. A single trench was excavated within the footprint of the proposed new building. The ground sloped gently downwards from west to east. A few sherds of residual medieval pottery were recovered, but no features to indicate that this part of Newport was developed in the medieval period. No remains of Prehistoric, Roman or Saxon date were identified. The earliest excavated feature was a cess pit dating to the post-medieval period that may be associated with the near-by 17th century Brown House. A north-south aligned ditch may also date to this period. In the 19th century a flint garden wall was built upon the by now infilled ditch. The land to the west of the wall was built-up and levelled while to the east there was a drop to an area of terraced garden. Subsequent landscaping has removed the wall and returned the land to a gentle slope. <1>