St. Michael's Road, Newbury

In August 1995 an archaeological evaluation was undertaken by the Oxford Archaeological Unit on a vacant plot of land off St Michael's Road, Newbury on behalf of Sanctnary Housing Association, in advance of a planning application. The work was carried out in accordance with a brief prepared by Babtie Puhlic Services Division on helnll of Newbury District Council and Written Scheme of Investigation prepared by OAU. One trench and three test
pits were excavated in place of the three proposed trenches because of difficult ground conditions. The evaluation established that, although the proposed development site had been extensively utilised during the 20th century, post-medieval (17th-19th century) cultivation of
garden soils and pit digging was responsible for the truncation disturbance of any earlier archaeological deposits which may have formerly existed on the site. No trace of the medieval road alignment of St Michael's road was found.