Watching brief by M. Atkinson at 2 Spital Road, Maldon, 1992 - EEX31330

A watching brief was carried out on the machine excavation of foundation trenches for an extension at 2 Spital Road. The site was located in close proximity to the postulated line of the Anglo Saxon burh defences (EHER 7766). The rears of the long thin garden plots at the upper end of the west side of Spital Road all use the remains of the burh bank as their boundary, suggesting that the ditch runs through the gardens. At the rear of 2 Spital Road, the slope of the bank is discernible, though obscured by a modern brick wall built on its line. The foundation trenches were located to the north of the house and lay an estimated 20m from the top of the surviving bank remains. NRHE data transfer: Watching brief carried out during the excavation of foundation trenches for an extension in close proximity to the Saxon burh defences.