Data from a Trial Trench Evaluation at Piper's Wood Cottage, Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire, 2020 (HS2 Phase One)

This collection comprises a digital archive of photographs, GIS files, reports and scanned site records from a trial trench evaluation by INFRA Archaeology at Piper's Wood Cottages, Little Missenden Vent Shaft and ATS, Buckinghamshire, carried out during March 2020. No archaeological remains were revealed during the trial trench evaluation, with only two undated tree-throws revealed to the east of the centre of Site. Previously available data suggested the Site had been in agricultural use since at least the medieval period with no evidence to suggest any earlier features within the Site boundary. The results of the trial trench evaluation did not uncover evidence of agricultural use, nor evidence of occupation of exploitation of the Site from any period, although the recovery of Roman and Medieval to Post-Medieval CBM from across the field suggests buildings from these dates within the vicinity, but this is uncertain due to the finds being disassociated from their original contexts. Due to the scarcity of archaeological features across Site and the paucity of artefactual remains, no further work is recommended. Regardless the archive presented here would be beneficial to any future research or interventions in the region.