Monument record 0730600000 - Trench 3, NW of Fawley Court

Evaluation trial trenching carried out in October 2010 by John Moore Heritage Services identified a ditch 0.8m wide and 0.3m deep with concave sides and rounded base in Trench 3 which pre-dated the 18th century and was cut into natural gravels. An environmental sample ascertained an open grassland environment. It was thought possible that the ditch, which contained a wooden stake, may have formed part of the defensive entrenchments strategically positioned around the north eastern area of the house during the civil War. However, the fragmentary remains of the stake (roughly sharpened at one end) and the lack of dating evidence from the ditch means this interpretation is hypothetical (B20).