Test pit 2 was located in an oval clearing in the nature park. Small trees are scattered across the clearing which is under rough grass and surrounded by thick brambly undergrowth with other small trees including willows and birch. The clearing had not been dug for some years but had been worked as allotments until c. 10 years previously. In all the historic Ordnance Survey maps the area is part of a field system.
A test pit was dug in the lawn of a garden in Long Lane, Littlemore. A large number of finds were recovered, including modern to possiby Roman pottery.
A test pit was dug to a depth of 1.0m. The natural geology was reached at 0.32m (72.65m above OD). On removing the turf, a thin, uneven spread of pea gravel could be seen immediately below the turfline, mixed with the soil from Spit 1
The test pit was positioned inside and east of the western boundary ditch, in such a way as to avoid an area that the householder identified as previously having been a rose bed. The test pit was dug to a depth of 0.38m. The natural geology was not reached
The site of the test pit was the Manor House in Littlemore, Oxford. The building was constructed in 1530 and would have been at the heart of the western centre of the bifocal settlement of Littlemore.
