South Bank Development: Archaeological Test Pit Evaluation, Peterborough

Abstract

A programme of evaluation comprising a ground probing radar survey (GPR), followed by the excavation of seven 2m x 2m test pits was undertaken on the south bank of the River Nene, Peterborough, on the site of the proposed South Bank development. Two of the test pits lay within the footprint of an 18th/19th century canal basin, and exposed deposits dating to the 19th century. One of the test pits could not be fully excavated. The remaining four holes produced a sequence of waterlogged river deposits, but no archaeology or artefacts were present.