Trial trenching by Essex County Council at land adjacent to the former Nursery, Priors Green, Takeley, 2006 - EEX55927

As part of an ongoing programme of housing development construction works in the Priors Green area of Takeley, Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit was commissioned by RPS Planning to evaluate by trial trench a roughly grassed area along the northern side of Dunmow Road. The trenching was a follow-up to the archaeological monitoring of geotechnical test pits previously undertaken on this parcel of land. Five archaeological trial trenches were excavated across the area. No significant truncation was revealed across the majority of the site, although some modern services and modern soil discolouration, due to leaching, were noted in the north-west corner.