EDO4252 - Fordington Farm Evaluation Trench X

The Duchy of Cornwall commissioned Wessex Archaeology to conduct an archaeological evaluation of land to the south and west of Fordington Farm , prior to the sale of the land for development. The work took place between May and October 1986. The area of a proposed new sports field was subject to geophysical survey, earthwork survey, testpitting and evaluation excavation. The remains of a Bronze Age round barrow of three identified phases was identified together with a number of possible Roman features and medieval field earthworks. Trench X measrued 5mx 4m and was located in order to investigate a magnetic anomaly recorded close to the round barrow. A few stakeholes of indeterminate age, but possibly concentric with the barrow, were revealed. The cause of the anomaly appeared to be an irregular area of disturbed chalk, possibly caused by a tree root.