Excavations of a multi-period site at Barnes Coaches Depot, Aldbourne, Wiltshire

Excavation in May 2011 at the former Barnes Coaches Depot, Aldbourne, Wiltshire, revealed limited activity from the late prehistoric to the modern period, including a late prehistoric pit and remnants of a possible Romano-British ditched field enclosure. Further Romano-British features included pits and an infant inhumation burial exhibiting signs of scurvy. Radiocarbon dating of the infant burial and ceramic dating suggest two phases of Romano-British activity: 1st to 2nd century AD, and AD 270 or later. A modified fragment of human cranium of possible Early Roman date is suggestive of the making of skull cups. Other surviving features included pits, a well and a ditch, representing medieval and post-medieval domestic activity well to the rear of the historic street frontages.