Queen Elizabeth Barracks Church Crookham Hampshire & Wakefords Copse Queen Elizabeth Barracks Church Crookham Hampshire

During May and June 2011, Oxford Archaeology South (OAS) carried out a
programme of archaeological evaluation at Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Church
Crookham, Hampshire (centred on NGR: SU 814 512). The work was carried out on
on behalf of Taylor Wimpey (West London) in advance of the construction of
residential units, business units, a school, sports facilities and other community
facilities. A total of 14 trenches were excavated in three areas near the northwestern
extent of the site.
The evaluation revealed a possible focus of middle Iron Age settlement in the
northern part of the site. Elsewhere, archaeological remains were sparse with the
majority of features being undated field boundary ditches or related to the recent
use of the site as a military barracks

In October 2011 and January 2012, Oxford Archaeology South (OAS) carried out a
programme of archaeological evaluation at Wakefords Copse, Queen Elizabeth
Barracks, Church Crookham, Hampshire (centred on NGR: SU 814 512). The work
was carried out on on behalf of Taylor Wimpey (South West Thames) in advance of
the construction of residential units. A total of 7 trenches were excavated in the
area.
In addition, an archaeological watching brief was carried out in September 2011 during the construction of a bat roost and a temporary sales area at the site The evaluation and watching brief produced very little evidence for archaeological remains. Three post holes, of probable 20th century date, were revealed in the
northern part of the area. A layer of made ground, probably associated with the construction of the existing houses in the later 20th century, was recorded in the western part of the site.

During March and April 2012, Oxford Archaeology South (OAS) carried out a programme of archaeological evaluation at Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Church Crookham, Hampshire (centred on NGR: SU 814 512). The work was carried out on
on behalf of Taylor Wimpey (West London) in advance of the construction of residential units, business units, a school, sports facilities and other community facilities.
A total of 5 trenches were excavated in the Phase 1D area of the site, these being in addition to an array trenches excavated in 2011, in order to investigate areas
previously occupied by military structures.
The evaluation revealed two post-medieval field boundary ditches and three modern post-holes.