Crawcrook, cobbled raft

A cobbled 'raft' was seen in the east-facing section of a recently cut haul road in 1997. The raft was in a straight-sided and flat-bottomed foundation trench. The upper 0.2m had been truncated by ploughing. A flint flake was found at the base of the cobbles. The cobbles were not observed in the western facing section. Cobble rafts were commonly used in the medieval period as foundations for stone walls.