EDO5740 - Black Barn Farm, Chalbury; evaluation 1990

Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit undertook an archaeological assessment of c. 115 hectares of primarily agricultural land at Black Barn Farm, Chalbury in 1990, in advance of proposals to create a golf course. The assessment comprised non-intensive fieldwalking of all arable land, inspection of pasture, rapid recording of hedgerows and boundaries and a brief documentary search. A dense scatter of medieval pottery suggests the possible presence of a deserted part of the medieval village of Chalbury. Three other medieval pottery scatters were also found in the area. Four scatters of prehistoric flint were recorded. Black Barn Farm's hedges are notable for the large number of woodland species suggesting the fields may have been carved out of woodland. Several banks survive which may have originally been wood banks possibly defining old wood compartments.