Leycroft Manor Farm, Souldern

In April 2008 Oxford Archaeology (OA), carried out a field evaluation at Leycroft Manor Farm, Souldern, Bicester on behalf of Richard Deeley. Evaluation Trenches three and four revealed three ditches close to the southern boundary, almost certainly relating to a square enclosure, and linear features identified as crop marks in the adjacent field to the south. The ditch in Trench 4 produced 1st century Roman pottery and abraded fragments of lava quern. One further undated ditch was revealed in Trench 1. Four undated gullies and a series of medieval or post-medieval plough furrows were also revealed.