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In a housing estate, to W of Main Street, in Hospital village and 95m S of a boundary with Millfarm. Within settlement cluster (LI032-147001-) of the medieval village of Hospital. Monument is 15m S of St John’s graveyard (LI032-147003-) and 55m SW of St John’s church (LI032-147002-). Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Archaeological test excavation carried out in 2001 by Ken Hanley (2003, 233) under licence No. 01E0305 was summarised as following : ‘The most notable aspect of the site investigation was the sheer depth of topsoil, ranging from c. 0.35m (to the south) to c. 1.2m (to the north). In terms of potential archaeology, the site investigation revealed a relatively low concentration of features. The predominant features consisted of linear parallel cuts, consistent with cultivation furrows. Only four pits were identified. A deep ditch-like cut was identified in Trench 2. The feature produced some animal bones but was otherwise sterile and it was not possible to determine its exact function. It did not appear to continue into Trench 3 and may merely have been a large pit. A small, 0.8m-long section of wall identified in Trench 7 was located relatively high up in the topsoil layer. The only feature to produce finds was a small pit in Trench 3 which produced three sherds of North Devon gravel-tempered ware. The pit was located below c. 1.2m of topsoil. The remainder of the site produced moderate quantities of 18th-20th century pottery from the topsoil. Overall, the excavated remains were indicative of sporadic agricultural activity’. All archaeological features were subsurface and have been fully excavated and are not visible on modern aerial photography. See attached Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 9 November 2020 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – 372/2 taken on 05/01/2003.