Site Event/Activity record ESF20066 - Evaluation - Paridae, Cranfield Park, Burstall, BUS 006

A trial trench evaluation was carried out at the above site after the granting of a planning consent for the demolition of the existing property and construction of two new houses on the site, along with associated access and services. This phase of work was carried out after work had begun on the foundations for the western property, including ground reduction/terracing in some areas. In undisturbed areas up to 0.4m of topsoil was present, directly over natural geology. Seven postholes were recorded in a rough line, one providing a single sherd of either Roman or Medieval (12th-14th C) pottery. Further work on the eastern half of the site is expected. A significant area occupying the space between the trenches had already been heavily truncated, in order for the laying of the new foundations, prior to the arrival of the archaeological team. The truncation had reached or passed the level of natural geology and as a consequence will have removed any archaeological remains (S1).