The groundworks for a new leisure facility were monitored The monitored groundworks comprised the excavation of foundation pads for new holiday huts with associated services and accesses. The development site lies within the north-eastern portion of a double medieval manorial moated site. Post-medieval formal gardens associated with Hall Farm were latterly situated here. The depths at which the groundworks attained were informed and limited by the high archaeological potential and high archaeological significance of this site. An undated and shallow chalk wall foundation was recorded, suggesting earlier chalk structures on the site. A sample of 20 brick fragments of 14th-16th century date comprising demolition material were made, indicating brick built structures on the site. The brick fragments and one sherd of mid 18th-19th century pottery were recovered from a ploughsoil/buried soil/garden soil horizon, which dated this as a medieval and post-medieval deposit. This horizon also sealed the chalk wall foundation. The possible remnants of undated north-south aligned ridge and furrow were also recorded.
Hall N (Wed,) studied this question.