Event/Activity EPM135 - 117-119 Copnor Road

A watching brief was carried out at 117-119 Copnor Road by CKC Archaeology in 2001, ahead of the construction of a proposed complex of 18 flats and nine houses on the site. The watching brief had been requested as the site lies within an area of archaeological potential for medieval and later archaeology. The watching brief revealed evidence of the medieval West Field, a post-medieval soakaway and well. As no evidence of substantial buildings was encountered during the watching brief, it is probable that the main farmhouse range was located beyond the northern boundary of the development site. The fact that no residual sherds of medieval pottery were found suggests that the farm may have been post-medieval in date, constructed after the medieval West Field was enclosed. Documentary evidence suggests the field had been enlosed by 1621. 2001/38