Olga Mowforth House, Folly Orchard Road, Woodcote, Oxfordshire

In November 2009 Oxford Archaeology undertook an archaeological evaluation at Olga Mowforth House, Folly Orchard Road, Woodcote (NGR: SU 643 820) on behalf of Builders Ede Ltd. This was undertaken to inform the determination of the planning application by South Oxfordshire District Council. Six evaluation trenches were excavated within the constraints of the existing physical barriers, tree cover and tree protection orders. With the exception of a single undated posthole and a treehole or planting pit, the evaluation did not encounter any archaeological remains. All trenches revealed a deep accumulation of cultivated soil averaging in excess of 0.5 m suggesting that significant truncation, removing any potential remains, may have occurred across the site in the post-medieval period.