Site Event/Activity record ESF22811 - Evaluation, Holbrook Mill Ponds, Primrose Hill, Holbrook

Archaeological evaluation by means of augered transects, which allowed for a borehole survey to establish the nature of deposits on the site. Despite the potential for eco environmental remains, only alluvial deposits relating to the movement of soils on the site were encountered. The level of soil movement that has occurred in the last half century with the construction of the nearby Alton Water reservoir and continual bunding and banking of the nearby ponds. There were 10 boreholes, each borehole was excavated to a depth of 1.5m, in all but 3 alluvial clay layer was present at the bottom (S1).