Find Spot record 0972600000 - Test pit at Waterside, Church End

ocated at the back of the plot, close to the River Leck, the deep deposits in this TP, some of which were archaeologically sterile, demonstrate the problems of alluviation, the result of flooding of the river. The lowest layers did, however, produce medieval pottery, suggesting that such evidence is buried deep below the flood deposits. As such the stratigraphy is similar to that encountered in TP 10 (0972100000). Both may point, however, to a change in the course of the River Leck, since it is unlikely that the banks of the river would have been exploited. Thus the presence of any medieval material is of interest and may suggest that the location of the TP lies not on the banks of the medieval stream course, but a later canalised course (B1).