Trial trenching by Essex County Council at 'Lyndene and Waelas Dene', south of London Road, Great Chesterford, 1992 - EEX56374

Twenty-six trenches were excavated by machine with a toothless ditching bucket. Trenches A to Y were approximately 10m long and 2.5m wide. They ran parallel to London Road and were spaced in even, but staggered rows, approximately 5m apart. Trench Z was 19m long and 2.5m wide. It was situated in the northern corner of the develoment area at 90 degrees to the nearby street. Its purpose was to locate the possibel former course of the B1383 London Road. A metal detector survey was also conducted. Note: This event record has been mapped using a bounding polygon and mapping has also been copied into the record for each of the 26 trenches, which had formerly been recorded in their own 'EHCR site' records. The OER references for the, now deleted, EHCR site records have been retained in the 'Other Refs' tab of this record. NRHE data transfer: Trial trenching in advance of housing development located no archaeological features.