Site Event/Activity record ESF21550 - Evaluation, Land at Westgate House

Evaluation was commissioned by CgMs Consulting on behalf of Greene King. Five evaluation trenches were excavated on land to the rear of Westgate House, revealing considerable depths of soil accumulation dating to the post-medieval period. The geology comprised chalk which was encountered in all the evaluation trenches. In the northern part of the site in Trenches 1 and 2 this was overlain by a series of levelling layers and make-up for the modern surfaces. The ground profile in trench 4 had been considerably modified, being cut into the natural slope at the northern end and raised to the south to create a flat level for a tennis court. In Trenches 3 and 5 the chalk was encountered at a depth of 1-1.2m below current ground surface. This was overlain by considerable depth of post-medieval garden soils (S1).