Land off Vicarage Road, Pitstone, Buckinghamshire. Archaeological Evaluation (OASIS ID: cotswold2-262773)

An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in October 2015 at Land off Vicarage Road, Pitstone Buckinghamshire. Ten trenches were excavated. Trenching revealed two negative features cut into the natural substrate in the eastern half of the site, indicating the presence of agricultural activity which is currently undated. In the western half of the site, the topsoil showed signs of having been artificially enriched with household waste dating to the later 19th to early 20th centuries. Finds from the topsoil were not retained, but included fragments of frogged brick, tile and concentrations of charcoal, and coal dust. This is likely to relate to the use of the area as allotments, as referenced in the 1898 twenty five inch Ordnance Survey sheet.