Pool Barn, Manor Farm, Diddington, Cambridgeshre. An Archaeological Evaluation

Abstract

An archaeological evaluation was conducted at Manor Farm, Diddington, in advance of conversion of a barn for use as a swimming pool. This comprised a single trench of 12.09sqm inside of the barn with eleven test pits around the barn's exterior. In addition to structural modification of the barn found with two brick foundations, two ditches were identified that predate the barn's construction. These belong to an existing ridge and furrow agricultural system cut by a later boundary or drainage ditch. All are of Medieval or post-Medieval date.