Site Event/Activity record ESF22459 - Evaluation, Land North West of Ladywood House, Nacton

Trial trench evaluation (24-25 Sept) followed by open area excavation (27-31 Oct) was carried out in advance of the construction of an irrigation reservoir on a 2ha area of land. A series of 16 trial trenches were excavated across the site, the majority were devoid of archaeological features or deposits, aside from 2 of the trenches. The trenches all displayed a uniform soil profile which comprised 0.3m to 0.4m of topsoil overlying a natural subsoil or yellow to pale orange sand and gravel with some fine silt. The interface between the topsoil and the natural subsoil was abrupt suggesting that at least some of the truncation is due to modern agricultural practices (S1).