Site Event/Activity record ESF19684 - Monitoring - rear of 40 Eastgate Street, 2007

The excavation of footings for a double garage built on land to the rear of 40 Eastgate Street was subject to an archaeological monitoring. The archaeological monitoring of garage footing excavations revealed two undated pits. These could not be examined closely due to the instability of the trenches but from the soil profile it is suggested that they have some antiquity. The footing trenches were c.0.45m wide and up to 2m deep. The trenches could not be closely examined because of the extreme depth and consequent risk of collapse. The profile was fairly consistent throughout with c.0.3-5m of topsoil (often disturbed) with c.50-75m of lighter brown soil. Below this was natural subsoil of fine decayed chalk with some fine gravel. Two pits could be identified from the surface of the trench (S1).