Monument record 0706300000 - 23 Church Street, Buckingham

The key findings of the evaluation were a postulated phase of landscaping prior to construction of a limestone surface incorporating a possible drain of medieval or later date, and a deep make up layer dating to the post-medieval period. Fragments of butchered animal bone found within the limestone surface suggest its possible use as a butchery area. The limestone surface is significant in that it indicates settlement and/or industrial activity in an area which on the evidence of Speed's map of 1610 had previously been thought to be agricultural land at this time. Overlying the limestone surface was a deep make-up layer, which together with a deposit of unknown origin at the east end of the trench, probably represent a second phase of landscaping at the site. These layers are probably related to construction of the surrounding houses in the eighteenth century (B1).