A watching brief in advance of the construction of a wooden holiday chalet. The site is located to the north of a crop mark site, therefore it was thought possible that associated archaeological remains may be present within the area of the proposed development. The area to be stripped was excavated by a mechanical excavator under direct archaeological control. No features or finds of archaeological significance were uncovered. The eastern half of the site had been graded 0.50m into natural to form a level working area during the construction of the house to the immediate east. Addyman Archaeology undertook a watching brief during the top soil strip prior to the construction of the house in 2016, no archaeological finds or features were present. The western half of the site was seen to be sloping gently down to the east and was sterile apart from a shallow sheep burial. The only archaeological feature noted was the heavily truncated remnants of a small outbuilding at the south, this likely relating to the former early 20th century piggery on the site.
K Macfadyen (Wed,) studied this question.