Oakley Grove Phase 3, Harbury Lane, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire

Oxford Archaeology were commissioned by A C Lloyd to undertake a trial
trench evaluation of the site of a proposed residential development on land
off Harbury Lane to the south of Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire (SP 3167
6211). The evaluation comprised 44 trenches and was completed between the
3rd and 21st September 2018.
Three trenches contained features that were dated to the middle Iron Age
(Trenches 24, 31 and 41) and these features were located towards the southeast
of the site.
This evaluation found evidence of the medieval hamlet of Tachbrook Mallory.
The evidence for this settlement included several large N-S ditches which may
have separated the housing and garden plots from agricultural land to the
west. A number of E-W ditches were also found and these may have divided
housing plots fronting onto Oakley Wood Road. Medieval and post-medieval
ridge and furrow was found across most of the site, in several alignments.
A 17th-18th century brick kiln was found within Trench 9 and a charcoal
deposit was found within Trench 44. The bricks from this kiln were dated to
the 17th-18th century.