Land East of Lower Road, Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire: Archaeological Evaluation (OASIS ID: cotswold2-317198)

The evaluation revealed a concentration of poorly dated but probable late prehistoric features in trenches in the north-eastern corner of the site, features that were not detected by the geophysical survey. The features comprised part of a rectilinear ditch system, probably a sub-divided enclosure of at least two phases, along with pits and at least one, but probably two curvilinear ditches, possibly the remains of roundhouses. There was no dating evidence to securely date these features, but they were sealed by the subsoil suggesting that they predate the medieval period. Other undated features across the site may be the remains of an outlying field system associated with the settlement, though their sparse distribution prevents any definitive interpretation. Medieval/post-medieval furrows were identified in trenches across the site and their alignments suggest that it covers parts of two former open fields