Data from Trial Trenching at Southern Sustainable Placement Area, Hillingdon, 2019 (HS2 Phase One)

This collection comprises site data (digital photographs, spreadsheets, specialist reports, scanned trench and context sheets, registers and drawings) from an archaeological evaluation conducted by Archaeology Wales and Wardell Armstrong, on behalf of Costain Skanska JV, at the Southern Sustainable Placement Areas, West Ruislip, in the London borough of Hillingdon. Work took place between 20th July and 1st October 2020 at SSP Areas A-F and between 20 August and 18th September at Areas G-H (SSP Areas G-H), centred on TQ 06566 86781 and TQ 06665 86390 respectively.

Areas A-F: It is possible that more information could be gained on the potential Late Bronze Age and Romano-British settlements with additional fieldwork. Further mitigation could also allow
dates to be attributed to some of the undated features recorded across the site. A programme
of detailed desk-based research, including any data from the national mapping programme, for
the site could also be undertaken to shed more light on the form and size of both the Late Bronze Age and Romano-British settlements. It may also be possible to attribute dates for undated features through such a programme. It is not believed that any further work is needed on the archive or material assemblage from SSP Areas A-F.

Areas G-H: Further work is recommended to tighten the stratigraphic sequence of Trench SG03. This would potentially allow a number of the undated features to be assigned to a phase, providing a clearer picture of the activity within this area.