ENN111467 - Hideaway Wood Farm Manor Park, 2024 (Watching Brief)

The programme of Archaeological Observation undertaken on Land at Hideaway Wood Farm, London Road, Dodford revealed no features or deposits of archaeological interest, supporting the documentary evidence that indicates that this land was used either as a deer park or agricultural land from the medieval period onwards. The finds recovered from topsoil (001001)/(002001) were of a post-medieval/modern date and due to their unstratified nature, they were of limited interpretive value, only indicating general occupation of the area over the past two centuries. Due to the non-archaeological nature of the Site, these works have no potential to address any regional or national research aims, especially those detailed in the East Midlands Heritage: An Updated Research Agenda and Strategy for the Historic Environment of the East Midlands (Knight, Vyner & Allen 2012).