Proposed Sports Hub Development, University of Warwick off Scarman Road, Cryfield, Warwickshire. Archaeological Evaluation (OASIS ID: cotswold2-287809)

An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in between May - June 2016 on land at the University of Warwick, Cryfield, Warwickshire. Seventeen trenches were excavated broadly in a randomly arranged distribution since the previously undertaken geophysical survey had not identified any testable anomalies. The subsequent archaeological watching brief did, however, identify evidence of two potential ditches. No further evidence of these was identified during the trial trench evaluation. A similar stratigraphic sequence was identified within all trenches. The natural geological substrate, which consisted of mid-red brown sandy clay to clayey sand matrix, was encountered at an average depth of 0.46m below present ground level (BPGL). With the exception of trench 13 where the natural substrate was directly overlain by topsoil, the substrate was overlain by subsoil 0.1 m thick, which consisted of mid orange brown silty sand. This was in turn sealed by topsoil, which consisted of mid grey-brown to mid red brown silty sand 0.30m thick. Despite the perceived archaeological potential of the site and, historically its prevailing, broadly low impact, land-use only one feature, undated pit 603, was identified during the current works. In addition, no artefacts of note were recovered, the only recordable example a single sherd of 18th - 19th century refined white ware.

2016年5月至6月间，科茨沃尔德考古公司（Cotswold Archaeology）对位于沃里克郡（Warwickshire）克里菲尔德的华威大学（University of Warwick）地块开展了考古评估工作。鉴于此前开展的地球物理勘探未发现任何可检测的异常体，本次共开挖17条探沟，整体分布大致呈随机格局。不过，后续的考古监护记录仍识别出两处疑似沟渠的遗迹迹象，但在本次探沟试掘评估过程中，未进一步发现这两处遗迹的相关证据。所有探沟内均识别出相似的地层序列。本次揭露的自然地质基底以红棕色中粒砂质黏土至黏土质砂为主要组分，距现今地面以下（BPGL）平均深度0.46米。除13号探沟外，其余探沟的自然地质基底之上均覆盖有一层厚0.1米的亚表土层（subsoil），该层以橙棕色中粒粉砂质砂为主要组分；而13号探沟的自然基底则直接被表土层覆盖。该亚表土层之上又被一层厚0.30米的表土层覆盖，该表土层以灰棕色至红棕色中粒粉砂质砂为主要组分。尽管该遗址具备一定的考古发掘潜力，且历史上其土地利用方式整体以低影响类型为主，但本次发掘仅识别出一处遗迹——未标定年代的603号坑。此外，本次发掘未发现具有研究价值的人工遗物，仅采集到一件可记录的18至19世纪精制白瓷残片。