6.0 The Archaeological Excavation - Methods (see figure 8) 6.1 The archaeological excavation investigated those areas within the footprints of the new houses, and those footprints determined the archaeological excavation areas. The proposed arrangement of the new houses and garages resulted in a series of discrete excavation areas, with large baulks of undisturbed ground between the new buildings/excavation areas left undisturbed (see figure 8). 6.2 An excavating machine was used to remove the thick deposit of cultivated, garden soil that covered the site. The depth of this deposit had been determined during the earlier evaluation excavation. The machined spoil was heaped above those parts of the site that were to be left undisturbed. The machining operation was continuously monitored with pottery sherds and artifacts recovered from the cultivated soil collected as unstratified finds. 6.3 Excavation and recording methods were compatible with the guidelines laid down in the booklet General Specifications for Archaeological Works in Somerset issued by The Archaeology Section of the Environment and Property Department, Somerset County Council. " When archaeological features or deposits were encountered they were cleaned, photographed (using colour slides, colour prints and black and white prints) and planned at a scale of 1:20. Sections and profiles were drawn at a scale of 1:10 or 1:20 as appropriate. The entire site was planned at 1:20 and this is where the post-medieval and modern features are recorded. " A policy of total excavation was applied, except for linear features which were excavated in sections along their lengths, and pits, which were half-sectioned. " Levels were taken throughout of all archaeological deposits and features and related to Ordnance Datum. " A single-context recording system was employed and recorded on pro-forma sheets. Contexts were accorded the site code GBT05 and numbered sequentially with the initial number being the number of the excavation trench or area. Five trenches were opened in the 2004evaluation, so the two excavation areas were numbered areas 6 and 7; the context numbers for Area 6 started with 'GBT05 601' and continued from there. " A policy of total finds collection was applied throughout, except for post-medieval earthenwares and factory-produced wares, which were collected and recorded before being discarded. All bone was retained. Finds were bagged by context; finds from machining or spoil were called 'U/S'...