Post-medieval field boundary and post holes on land at The Bell 128 Main Road, Danbury (EHER 80611)

Trial trenching recorded a post-medieval boundary ditch and tree hollow in the North of the site, and two late post-medieval or modern post holes with the remains of a wooden fence in the South of the site.

February 2019. Trial trenching. The trench in the North of the site (Trench 2) revealed a post-medieval ditch and a tree root hollow. The ditch, which was aligned N-S, parallel with the boundaries of the site, corresponds with a boundary ditch shown on the 1874 First Edition Ordnance survey map of the area. The two postholes recorded in Trench 1, in the South of the site, are probably the remains of a fence and still contained fibrous wood. They are considered to be modern or late post-medieval in date. There were no artefactual finds pre-dating the late post-medieval period in the excavated features or deposits. <1>