Chartered Institute for Archaeologists 2022

P R O F E S S I O N A L A R C H A E O L O G Y | A G U I D E F O R C L I E N T S 2 0 2 2 2 9 C A S E S T U D I E S | B U I L D I N G S A R C H A E O L O G Y A N D D E V E L O P M E N T The CBA’s criteria for commenting centres around a site’s archaeological interest, or evidential value. As a result, we often comment on multi- phased buildings which contain considerable quantities of archaeological interest (or evidential value) about how past people have lived and worked at a site, adapting them with changes in technologies, fashions, wants and needs. In early 2022 an application for Eastward Farm in the Lake District landed in our inbox. It is an exceptionally well-preserved site, with many layers going back to at least the 17th century, and has evidence for a substantial 18th-century expansion. These layers illustrate the ways of life and agricultural practices that have typified the Lake District for centuries. The farm is crying out for the skills of a buildings archaeologist to get to grips with the full extent of its archaeological and historical interest. Kitchen range ©www.parti.global