Two Hedges Road, Woodmancote, Gloucestershire Trial Trench Evaluation (oxfordar1-291216)

Oxford Archaeology (OA) was commissioned by Cavendish Homes Limited (client) through SF Planning Limited (planning consultant) to undertake a trial trench evaluation ahead of planning submissions for a proposed residential development of a site off Two Hedges Road, Woodmancote, Gloucestershire. Sixteen trenches were excavated, some of which were positioned to investigate linear anomalies recorded by a geophysical magnetometer survey that preceded this evaluation. No significant archaeological remains were encountered in the evaluation. The trenches revealed a field boundary ditch extending from west to east across the southern part of the site. This boundary is recorded on the Tithe Map of 1839. Ridge and furrow cultivation earthworks are extant over the site differing slightly in layout to either side of the ditch. The boundary ditch did not produce any useful dating evidence. Traces of a former shallow watercourse were also present alongside the ditch boundary. The only other archaeological features or remains comprised a single undated ditch and small pit or ditch terminal dated to the 18th century.

牛津考古（Oxford Archaeology，OA）受客户卡文迪什住宅有限公司（Cavendish Homes Limited）委托，经由规划咨询方SF规划有限公司（SF Planning Limited）承接业务，为英国格洛斯特郡伍德曼科特双篱路周边一处拟建住宅开发项目，在规划报批前开展试掘探槽评估工作。本次评估共布设发掘16个探槽，其中部分探槽用于探查本次评估前地球物理磁法勘探所记录的线性磁异常体。本次评估未发现具有重要学术价值的考古遗存。探槽揭露一处横贯场地南部的东西向田界壕沟，该田界在1839年《什一税地图》（Tithe Map）中已有记载。场地内尚存垄沟耕作遗迹，其布局在该壕沟两侧存在细微差异。该田界壕沟未获取到有效的测年证据。该壕沟边界旁还遗留有一处古浅水道遗迹。其余仅存的考古遗迹包括一处未断代壕沟，以及一处可追溯至18世纪的小型坑穴或壕沟末端遗存。