Description

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Environ UK Ltd, to undertake an archaeological excavation at Site C, Snelshall East, Milton Keynes, NGR 483494,233268. The excavation followed three previous phases of work by Wessex Archaeology comprising Desk-Based Assessment, Geophysical Survey and Archaeological Evaluation and comprised the final fieldwork stage to fulfil the archaeological condition on planning consent for development.
The Desk–Based Assessment, concluded that archaeological remains probably existed on the Site. The Geophysical Survey identified the presence of linear and other anomalies on the Site suggestive of archaeological features. The subsequent field evaluation identified an area in the southeast corner of the site where archaeological deposits and features survived above the 104m contour above Ordnance Datum.
Subsequent excavation revealed the truncated remains of three phases of Roman enclosure, pitting and a putative, semicircular, lean-to structure. These features were overlain by the remnants of relict medieval cultivation terraces known as ridge-and furrow.