Trial trenching by Great Chesterford Archaeology Group at Country Club Site, Great Chesterford, 1996 - EEX52925

In an attempt to locate the southern and eastern sides of the Second Walled Enclosure (EHER 13922), the GCAG dug four trenches at right-angles to the river and a fifth in the north-west corner of Bishop’s House garden. Source <6> attributes the excavations to P. Dey, whilst the summary in source <2> was written by T.E. Miller. Description from EEX52924: Site summary and observations carried out by Dey, P.E. Description from EEX52926: Completed by Dey, P.E & Miller, T.E of the Great Chesterford Arch. Group. NRHE data transfer: Four trial trenches excavated to locate the foundations of a Roman wall surrounding the church, close to locations suggested by A.E. Collins in 1978. No firm evidence for a robbed Roman wall was found. A separate dissociated excavation close to the south wall of the churchyard exposed either the end of a gully or a rubbish pit containing 1st-4th century artefacts similar to those found within the churchyard during the 1986 excavation. Archive to be deposited with Saffron Walden Museum. One gully had been backfilled in the late-medieval period with tiles and mortar.