Site Event/Activity record ESF22456 - Evaluation - Rogers Farm, Newton

Evaluation was undertaken for the development of a solar farm at Roger's Farm. The site encloses an area of approx 26 ha as part of a single irregularly-shaped field under arable cultivation. 99 trenches were excavated each measuring 30m in length and 1.8m width. With the exceptions of furrows and modern land drains, archaeological features were exposed in 14 trenches only (Trenches 26,30,31,32,38,41,42,64,78,80,81,83,90 and 95). The remainder of the trenches were blank. Of the blank trenches, trenches 44,57 and 58 were targeted on geophysical anomalies therefore the anomalies may have been caused by natural variations in the ground composition. A broadly similar stratigraphic sequence was identified in all of the trenches. The natural sand clay substrate was revealed within all of the trenches, at depths between 0.25-0.4m. The natural substrate was sealed directly by c.0.3m of topsoil. All archaeological features cut the natural substrate, and were sealed by the topsoil (S1).