Watching brief by B.J. Hillman-Crouch (HAMP) at the Tudor Wall, Beeleigh Abbey, 2002 - EEX53771

A boundary wall which runs east-west at the north boundary of the Beeleigh Abbey gardens was investigated. About half-way along its length a section has been under-pinned with modern concrete and 20th century engineering bricks over a section of very soft and disturbed soil. Although the wall shows no signs of subsidence the site staff were concerned that the ground may be collapsing over an old culvert. An investigation was made using a small excavating machine known as a Mantis under archaeological supervision. A metre wide trench was made flush to the base of the concrete slab and then stepped away from the wall to a total depth of 1.5 metres.