Digital Archive from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Straw Cottage, Main Street, Todenham, Gloucestershire, March and November 2021

This collection comprises images and GIS data from an archaeological watching brief at the site of Straw Cottage, Main Street, Todenham, Gloucestershire. Work was carried out by Worcestershire Archaeology in March and November 2021, in advance of development for a proposed residential dwelling, the site being to the north-east and east of the church of St Thomas a Becket. Six trenches were monitored, revealing a number of ditches of Late Iron Age to Roman date. It was not possible to discern much in the way of form or function, but demonstrate exploitation of the landscape during this period. The pottery assemblage was small and generally undiagnostic, but the sherds were well-preserved, indicating that they had not moved much since their original deposition. It is considered likely that the features were of agricultural function, somewhat removed from any settlement and part of a wider farming landscape. The Fosse Way lies 1.5 miles to the west and though evidence for a Roman presence in the immediate vicinity is low, this is conjectured to be due to a lack of opportunity for investigation rather than an absence of activity.