The watching brief took place on 6th, 7th and 14th February 2023 in largely dry, sunny conditions with some overcast spells. The area stripped was approximately 1409sqm covering an area where a haul road was to be built. A small area to the north east of the fiber exchange was not excavated as this was already a road and would be left insitu. The area to the north of the exchange was also heavily disturbed by a layer of hardcore obscuring the subsoil. Finally the area to the north west of the site was disturbed by fiber optic and electricity cables therefore was not excavated to the natural subsoil. The only noteworthy feature uncovered was the concrete covered brick feature which is thought to be agricultural in nature and is likely to have been a relatively recent structure. Nine drains in total were uncovered during the watching brief which are not considered archaeologically significant.
Karen Kennedy (Sun,) studied this question.