Undated and post medieval features, A120-A133 Link Road, Elmstead (EHER 82121)

Post-medieval ditches and furrows were dominant across all eight areas of trial trenching in 2024. Many of these have been previously identified as cropmarks or are illustrated on the 1888 Ordnance Survey map of the site as field boundaries. Several discrete features were also recorded which produced no dateable artefacts.

2024. Trial trenching. Post-medieval ditches and furrows were dominant across all eight areas, many of which have been previously identified as cropmarks or are illustrated on the 1888 Ordnance Survey map of the site as field boundaries. A small quantity of post-medieval pottery and ceramic building material, several iron objects and a fragment of clay tobacco pipe were recovered from these features. Several discrete features were also recorded which produced no dateable artefacts. Based on the evidence recorded during the archaeological trial trenching, little activity appears to have occurred at the site prior to the medieval period. During the post-medieval period, the site appears to have been exclusively utilised for agricultural production. No evidence of the possible building dating from the 1730s was recorded in TT02. <1>