EDO7116 - Humby's Stock Coppice, Sixpenny Handley; evaluation 2015

An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Bournemouth Archaeology. The banjo enclosure, and associated cropmark/geophysical features were inadvertently damaged during the installation of a water pipe in 2008 and this project was designed to assess the extent of this damage and provide information to further understanding of these features. Six trial trenches were excavated and confirmed the position of the water pipe trench and the places where archaeological features had been damaged. Controlled investigation of the banjo enclosure outer ditch, a large pit, a track way and a square-shaped enclosure that was previously believed to represent a 'Celtic field system' was undertaken to create a record of the dimensions, shape and character of these features. Despite an absence of datable finds these features are believed to be associated and part of an enclosure complex.