Watching Brief at Grove Farm

Archaeological monitoring was undertaken on a site at Grove Farm. A total of c.0.14ha was stripped of topsoil where areas of hard standing were to be located for the enabling works. No features or finds were noted during the monitoring of ground reduction. During the Archaeological Monitoring in September 2018 the stripping of the topsoil exposed the upper surface or interface with the subsoil in places and no archaeological features were noted cutting through the topsoil or subsoil where it was exposed. No finds were recovered from the overburden. The Archaeological Monitoring in November 2019 was conducted after the Trial Trench Evaluation had uncovered ditches, pits and postholes concentrated toward the centre of Site. As with the previous works, the topsoil stripping only exposed the upper surface of the subsoil in places and no archaeological features were noted cutting through the topsoil or subsoil. No finds were recovered from the overburden. The monitoring of the stripping of overburden in both areas was archaeologically negative