Prehistoric post hole, undated ditch and post medieval field divisions, Land South of St Andrews Close, Alresford (EHER 49997)

An evaluation of 15 trenches found an undated ditch and possible prehistoric post hole. Also recorded were two boundary ditches which corresponded with field divisions on 1839 Tithe Map.

Evaluation, 2018 Fifteen trenches were excavated across an area measuring 2.2 hectares. Six trenches contained archaeology which included an undated ditch and a truncated post-hole containing a degraded sherd of prehistoric pottery. Two boundary ditches were also found corresponding to field divisions on the 1839 tithe map. The evaluation found two ditches (EHER 1311 and EHER 1505) with similar fills on the same N-S alignment. These appear to be the same feature, an undated ditch running N-S across the E part of the field. This does not align with cropmarks or boundaries from historic mapping.<1>