Site Event/Activity record ESF24399 - Watching Brief on groundworks at The Old Rectory, Fornham All Saints

Monitoring was undertaken during groundworks for the construction of a new cartlodge to the west of the Old Rectory, a 16th century listed building. The excavation of foundation trenches and pits and general ground reduction witin the footprint of the building were observed. The ground works across much of the site were of insufficient depth to intrude through the garden soils into the underlying natural deposit and, as such, it is possible that archaeological remains may be present below them. The foundation trenches and pits varied between 0.3m-0.55m in depth. The natural deposits were covered by garden soils; a grey brown, very loose and dray, sandy loam with frequent gravel/pea grit inclusions towards the east where it meets the gravelled driveway. Chalky patches were noted (S1).