Images and GIS data from an Archaeological Evaluation at Land North of the A40, Thame, Oxfordshire, 2022

This digital archive contains images and GIS data from an archaeological evaluation of land to the north of the A40, Thame, Oxfordshire. The work was undertaken in February and March 2022, by Cotswold Archaeology. A total of 164 trenches were excavated. Archaeological features were identified throughout the site, closely correlating to the results of preceding geophysical surveys. Ring ditches and an enclosure ditch of later Iron Age date were recorded in the north-western and north-eastern parts of the site, with neonatal human remains recovered from the base of one of the ring ditches. An area of enclosed Early Roman settlement was recorded in the south-eastern part of the site, with ditches, pits and postholes recorded, alongside a substantial artefactual assemblage. Evidence of medieval/post-medieval ridge and furrow cultivation was identified across the site, correlating with geophysical trends, and former post-medieval/modern agricultural features were also recorded. Numerous features were identified throughout the site which could not be dated artefactually, although many were recorded in the vicinity of dated features and are potentially contemporary.