Site Event/Activity record ESF21185 - Evaluation, Land East of Days Road, Capel St Mary, 2009

In December 2008 and January 2009 Archaeological Solutions Ltd carried out an archaeological evaluation in advance of the proposed residential redevelopment of land east of Days Road, Capel St Mary, The development site lies in an area of potential archaeological importance owing to its known proximity to both a Roman villa and cemetery. The desk-based assessment found scant evidence for prehistoric activity in the vicinity. Settlement at Capel St Mary appears to have occurred sometime in the immediate pre-Conquest period. By the High Medieval period the village had become a thriving, if relatively small community, remaining so into the twentieth century. The evaluation revealed evidence of two main periods of occupation at the site.