ENN100572 - Ebbw Vale Road, 2000 (Trial trench)

{1} An archaeological field evaluation comprising seven trial trenches was conducted in January 2000. Five trenches were opened in the south west of the study area, Area A, and two trenches were opened to the east, Area B. Boundary ditches of Romano-British date were uncovered in the western half of Area A, some of which had previously been identified as cropmarks. The western half of Area A was devoid of archaeological features. One of the cropmark identified in this area p[roved to be a modern service trench. Evidence of alleviation was uncovered in Area B. A single ditch, possibly the continuation of the cropmarks to the south, was dug into this layer. Early-middle Iron Age pottery from the overlying subsoil may provide a date for this activity.