Site Event/Activity record ESF26440 - Evaluation - Land West of Wattisfield Road, Walsham-le-Willows

The evaluation comprised the excavation of 26 trenches. Most of the trenches contained no archaeological features or deposits. The alignment of a former boundary ditch was revealed within two of the trenches and produced ceramic artefacts dated to the 18th-20th century. This ditch may therefore be equated to a pre-existing sub-division of the field shown on a historical map of the parish dating from 1817. Trenching also identified a total of three natural tree-bole features displaying evidence for being cleared/burnt out by fire. None of these features were considered suitable for environmental sampling and the recent finds were not retained.