british and irish archaeological bibliography
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2001
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Considerable disturbance across the site meant that few pre-20th century remains had survived. In the NW quarter deep topsoil seemed to confirm documentary evidence that this had been part of a medieval open field called West Field. The survival of a thin ridge of clay subsoil at a higher level than normal near the south end of trench 3 may have been a baulk or strip division within this field. In the far NE quarter of the site, a small brick building survived in the vicinity of a large pit. The latter was thought to be a soakaway that had been later cut through by a well lined with chalk blocks. The fill showed it was infilled in the early 20th century, probably at the time the adjoining farm buildings, shown on 19th-century maps, were demolished. Lack of evidence for substantial building in the least disturbed areas of the site suggested that the main farmhouse range had been on the north side of the farm complex. A lack of residual medieval sherds of pottery suggested that this farm may have been a post-medieval creation built after the enclosure of the medieval West Field. Documentary evidence indicated that the field had been enclosed by 1621. [Au(abr)]
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2001