Monument record SKT 089 - Undated ditches and pits, Land off Poplar Hill (MS) GEO

Archaeological evaluation revealed a small collection of undated ditches and pits, one potentially prehistoric in date, which was sealed by colluvial layers. A modern ditch was also present at the southern end of the site which was shown on historic mapping. The southern end of the site also revealed deep colluvial deposits, modern buried topsoil deposits and modern made ground.
The northern trenches were targeting areas and geophysical anomalies where a potential Mill Mound might have been located. No evidence for a Mill mound was discovered during the trenching works.
A small number of finds were recovered from the site; small amounts of struck flint were recovered from a single pit and Prehistoric, Roman, medieval and post-medieval ceramics were recovered from the various layers encountered at the south end of the site. None of the cut features discovered could be securely dated (S1).

Fluxgate magnetometer survey detected no anomalies of possible or probable archaeological origin have been detected. The geophysical results primarily reflect agricultural and modern activity. Three former field boundaries have been identified which correspond with historic maps and ridge and furrow trends have also been detected within one of these boundaries. Modern agricultural activity on the site includes repeated tractor movement and modern plough at the edges of the field, and strong linear anomalies which may represent drainage. Modern activity on the site consists of pipelines, overhead cables, and ferrous responses along the perimeter of the field (S2).