Post-medieval brick foundations and ditch, Fieldway, Station Road, Wickham Bishops (EHER 81025)

The remains of a post-medieval demolished house were uncovered during the evaluation.

March 2022. Trial trenching. The house was demolished to ground level prior to the evaluation. The first trench was cut north south across the length of the proposed footprint and the location of the bungalow. Much of the trench was the foundation of the house with small areas of natural geology. A second trench was cut east west across the north of the proposed footprint. A ditch of between 0.9m and 1.05m in width and between 0.23m and 0.27m in depth was encountered running northwest to southeast. The ditch has no obvious relationship or alignment with any of the surrounding crop marks. In the early 20th century, when the plot was Meadow Bank, a driveway/access route crossed the plot. The ditch may have some connection to this, or it may be an earlier field boundary or drainage ditch. <1>