Site Event/Activity record ESF25393 - Monitoring - Landguard Point Radar Tower Connection, Felixstowe

As part of an upgrade of the connection to the Landguard Point Radar Tower, it was necessary to install a new length of service duct. Approx 750m of the route crosses or runs along the edge of the designated area of the Landguard Form and associated field works Scheduled Monument (List Entry 1018969) of the existing 18th century fort, the adjacent 19th century gun batteries and a large part of the adjacent Landguard Common, within which significant evidence related to coastal defence from the 16th century onwards. Only groundwork undertaken within the vicinity fo the Scheduled Monument was archaeologically monitored. The trench was cut to a depth of 0.6-0.65m. The soil profile exposed by the trench generally consisted of a thin dark topsoil with turf wich overlay a homogenous deposit of slightly 'dirty' yellow sand with occasional lenses of gravel and shingle (S1).