Undated features, New Trees, Wellington Road (EHER 81936)

A watching brief in 2005 identified a group of pits, ditches, post holes and stake holes in the south of the site and a north-south aligned ditch in the north of the site. None of the features produced any dating evidence.

October 2005. Watching brief. The archaeological monitoring identified a group of pits, ditches, post holes and stake holes in the south of the site, in the south-eastern corner of Area B (Plot 3). These were recorded in a part of site that appears to have escaped major truncation, but no archaeological features were identified over the rest of Area B. In the north of the site, a ditch possibly aligned north-south was recorded in the north-eastern corner of Area A (Plot 1). This area appeared not to have been badly truncated, although the rest of Area A was extensively truncated by modern landscaping/terracing, concrete footings, and other disturbances. The north-south ditch recorded in Area A may represent a drainage ditch running along the rear of the terraced area along the front of the site. It is difficult to interpret the archaeological features due to the limited areas exposed in the foundation trenches, and the lack of artefacts to provide dating evidence. However, the presence of archaeological features in Area B suggests that further features may survive in other parts of the site that have not been affected by modern disturbances. Unfortunately, the features recorded on site cannot be interpreted further on site evidence alone. <1>