Early in October we began to excavate the tile dump at the north eastern corner of Shorne Park. The mound was noted as an anomaly on the parks LiDAR chart and we ground-truthed it earlier in the year.
We found two pits about 2.5 – 3.0 metres across and about 1.25 metres deep adjacent to each other and alongside a mound with tile and brick on the top. Photographs of the tile and brick were sent away to be identified and the initial reaction was they could be 16/17th century.
The decision was taken to cut a one metre wide continuos trench through the mound and one of the pits, to assess 1) if the mound is spoil from the pit with a covering of tile/brick or entirely made up of tile/brick wasters and 2) if there is any archaeology at the bottom of the pit.
We will continue the excavation and give updates as we have them.
