Nothing exciting found by archaeologists on Ashlawn Road

Tony Robinson will not be riding to the defence of Ashlawn Road.

An extract from the dig report reads "The trial trenching has successfully established that it is unlikely that any significant archaeological remains survive in the areas evaluated. Several linear features were recorded but these can, with the exception of two features, confidently be related to post-medieval and later field systems. Other features relate to former post-medieval quarry pits and latterly ponds. Gully 202 and ditch 2602 remain unaccounted for but given their alignments parallel to the present day road system it is very likely that they also are residual field boundaries of post-medieval or later date. There was no evidence for the Romano-British field system identified adjacent to Ashlawn School."

For local people and their councillors, Bill Lewis and Marion Nash, who are fighting the development this means continuing with the existing arguments viz: the supply of land for housing already granted on the masts site, the impact on local schools, health services and St Cross, the risk of flooding, the impact of the extra traffic on the road system, air pollution at the Dun Cow junction in Dunchurch, the adverse impact on cyclists and pedestrians.