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.

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