Archaeological
Evaluation:
Land at
Kingmoor Park,
Kingstown,
Carlisle

Whittall, Kirsty

Abstract

The Centre for Applied Archaeology (CfAA) was commissioned by HOW Planning (on
behalf of Stobart Group) to undertake an archaeological evaluation at land located off
Dukes Drive, Kingstown, Carlisle (centred on NY 38360 59741). The programme of
archaeological work consisted of eleven evaluation trenches, targeting geophysical
anomalies identified during a previous survey (Watson 2013). This was carried out in
order to determine the presence, extent, depth, state of preservation and significance of the
archaeological resource to enable informed recommendations and future mitigation for
any surviving archaeological remains.
The study area is currently enclosed fields, used as pasture for sheep. An archaeological
desk-based assessment of the wider area revealed that no sites are known within the
current study area, however that there was potential for below ground archaeological
remains which could be detected by geophysical survey (Gregory and Arrowsmith 2008).
CfAA was commissioned by HOW Planning to carry out the geophysical survey, which
was done by GSB Prospection on CfAA’s behalf (Watson 2013), the results of which are
discussed within this report.
A total of eleven trenches target the geophysical anomalies. No features of archaeological
significance were revealed. Many of the trenches were criss-crossed with recent field
drains, some of which corresponded to the geophysical anomalies. Other features
encountered were found to be natural in origin, with several tree boles and geologically
derived

Citation

Carlisle

• Other Type: Teaching Resource
• Deposit Date: Oct 9, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 9, 2017
• Additional Information: Data type : Technical Reports; Location of work : Carlisle; Type of work : Excavation; Period : Industrial