Ditch, West of Packington Lane, Coleshill

Description of this historic site

A ditch, possibly of Medieval date, was uncovered during archaeological work connected with the Birmingham Northern Relief Road project.

Notes about this historic site

1 A substantial ditch seen as a cropmark lies across the site aligned NNE-SSW with a terminus toward the northern margin of the site. Width and depth vary. Ditch fill consists of sand and silt. No finds. Believed to have been a field boundary with a drainage function and dated to the medieval period on morphological grounds.

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