Watching brief by ECC Field Archaeology Unit on the Crierswood to Witham Pipeline, Hale’s Farm, Little Braxted, 2008 - EEX55658

Archaeological monitoring was undertaken during construction of the central section of the Crierswood to Witham water pipeline. Monitoring was restricted to the immediate area of a cropmark concentration, see EHER 8870. The pipe-trench was between 1.5m and 2m in depth. Archaeological monitoring was undertaken during construction of the central section of the Crierswood to Witham water pipeline during September 2008. The proposed route had been subject to a prior desk-based assessment (Heppell 2008) in which only one area of archaeological significance, a concentration of cropmarks (EHER 8870) to the west of Hale’s Farm, had been identified. Given this low archaeological potential, monitoring was restricted, after consultation with the ECC HEM monitoring officer, to the immediate area of the cropmark concentration. NRHE data transfer: Monitoring of groundworks west of Hale's Farm recorded undated features associated with cropmarks, including two pits containing baked clay and in situ burning. Information from OASIS Online Form.