Archaeological Monitoring & Recording at Berkshire College of Agriculture Burchetts Green Road, Burchetts Green, Maidenhead Sl6 6qr

An archaeologist arrived on site for the agreed time and date, but as it transpired, the excavation had occurred around four months prior, with no monitoring. Photographs were taken and a limited GPS plan was made, as no more could be achieved on site. The archaeological monitoring was aimed at identifying the presence of archaeological features relating to activity in the wider area. However, no such monitoring could occur, as the excavations had already taken place around four months prior without an archaeologist present. During the site visit, photos were taken and an approximate GPS plan was made of the area that had been excavated. This was limited, due to the tall vegetation that overlaid the trench. The client reported that the excavation was around 1ft (0.30m) deep. Assuming this, and using information from a previous stage of archaeological monitoring undertaken at the site, it can be hypothesised that the new trench only impacted the topsoil deposit, which measured at 0.32m.