Post-medieval features at Scotts Farm, Lodge Lane (EHER 48079)

Trial trenching in 2011 recorded a brick yard surface, compacted stone surface and linear feature associated with the post-medieval farmhouse at Scotts Farm.

October 2011. Trial trenching. Three post-medieval features were recorded during the evaluation. This included a brick yard surface and a compacted stone surface, the latter of which, along with demolished building material recovered from a linear feature, may date to earlier in the post-medieval period. The post-medieval farmhouse at Scotts Farm is shown to the west of the current building on the 1st edition OS map of 1881. The absence of modern finds in the linear feature, with the exception of a fragment of poorly-stratified flowerpot, suggests that the brick and tile from this context derive from the demolition of an ancillary building, rather than from the post-medieval farmhouse which was demolished in the 20th century. <1>