Description

Wessex Archaeology (London) was commissioned by Paul Keywood of Burnett Planning and Development Limited (Client Agent) on behalf of Tesco Stores/Santon Group (the Client), to undertake a programme of archaeological works in fulfilment of an archaeological condition placed on planning consent for the archaeological stripping and recording of an area of land at Station Road, Tidworth (The Site).
The Site, located to the south of Station Road, is centred on National Grid Reference (NGR) 423729 148332.
The excavation was undertaken following an archaeological evaluation in 2005 and in advance of proposed development of the site as a Tesco supermarket. Following the excavation, a watching brief was undertaken during the topsoil strip of the remainder of the site during the initial groundworks phase of the site development. This report details the results of both phases of the works.
The strip and record exercise focused on two areas (Areas 1 and 2) that had been identified as having potential for archaeological deposits following the results of the evaluation undertaken in 2005 (Wessex Archaeology reference 60470). Subsequent areas, not numbered individually, were stripped as a result of the discoveries made in these areas.