St Mary’s Church, Lyford, Oxfordshire

Oxford Archaeology was commissioned by Andrew Townsend Architects on
behalf of Lyford PCC to undertake an archaeological watching brief during
drainage works at St Mary’s Church, Lyford, Oxfordshire.
The drainage works comprised the digging of a drainage trench around the
outside of the north, west and south sides of the nave of the church, a trial pit
just outside the churchyard and a trench running from the south-west corner
of the nave to a soakaway located just outside the churchyard.
All of the drainage excavations were undertaken entirely within the limits of
previous drainage trenches and did not impact upon or expose any
undisturbed deposits. The drainage trench excavated around the nave exposed
the upper part of the footings of the nave but no other archaeological remains
were encountered.