Source/Archive record SSF58920 - Evaluation Report: Land west of The Drift, Capel St Mary

Capel St Mary, land west of The Drift evaluation trenching for a residential development close to the site of the recorded Roman period villa at Windmill Hill and adjacent to an area that has produced some evidence for past activity revealed one shallow ditch of uncertain date and a large pit of 20th century date. The deposit profile at the site revealed a substantial depth of hillwash in its north-eastern part with the topographical fall from south to north across the c60m width of the area being 6m to 7m below this deposit suggesting that it was too steep in the past for activity of any intensity.