| Catalogue Finding Number | WYHER/7484 |
| Office record is held at | Historical Environment Record, West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service |
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| Title | Trial Trenching, Moss Carr Wood, Methley |
| Description | An evaluation was carried out by Archaeological Services WYAS (ASWYAS) between 25th and 27th October 2000 near Moss Carr Wood, Methley. The single trial trench, centred on the above grid reference, was positioned across the line of a linear earthwork within an area intended to form the haul road for access to the proposed open cast operations situated to the southwest of the existing Methley South site boundary (PRN 7386). The extant earthwork takes the form of a north to south aligned linear ‘bank’ flanked on either side by ditches.
The trench measured 20m by 1.60m was excavated by machine. Controlled machine cut spits of material were removed from both the ditch and ‘bank’ in order to obtain a full profile of the earthworks. The exposed sections were then cleaned by hand and recorded.
The excavations uncovered four U shaped north to south orientated ditches. The first was positioned in the east of the trench and measured c.3.5m in width by 0.85m in depth. The majority of this ditch was excavated by machine. Approximately 3.6m to the west, a further ditch was revealed. It measured c.2.5m in width by 1m in depth. Another U shaped ditch was identified to the west and may have been a continuation of the second ditch mentioned above. A further ditch was identified but had been obscured by heavy tree disturbance.
Although the extant earthworks appeared in plan to comprise both a bank and ditch, excavation revealed that the ditches identified had formed the illusion of a bank and that the earthwork had not been formed by up cast material.
Unfortunately no dating evidence was recovered from any of the features but it was thought that they may have represented a track way associated with the original late medieval Clumpcliffe Farm (PRN 4524). |
| Date | 21st century |
| Extent | contact the West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service for information on what is available |
| Level | Item |