Land Adjacent to Substation on Pingle Field Bicester Oxfordshire

Between the 30th September and the 18th November 2013 Oxford Archaeology
(OA) undertook and archaeological strip, map and sample excavation and watching
brief on land adjacent to the south of the electrical substation at Pingle Field,
Bicester, Oxfordshire. OA were commissioned to undertake the work by ADAS UK
Ltd on behalf of SSE. The works involved a watching brief on the excavation of a
new cable diversion trench and the strip, map and sample excavation on the
footprints of a new switch house and attenuation pond. The underlying alluvial clays,
sands and gravels were reached in all areas and further investigated in several
locations. A modern cable trench was revealed in the area of the switch house but
no archaeological features, deposits or finds were uncovered.
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