Trial trenching by Cotswold Archaeology at Walpole Farm, Stansted Mountfitchet, 2014 - EEX56849

NRHE data transfer: In October 2014, Cotswold Archaeology carried out an archaeological evaluation at Walpole Farm, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex. Fifty-seven trenches were excavated at the site. A previous geophysical survey detected two areas of possible sand and gravel quarrying within the site, as well as a small number of pit-type anomalies thought also to relate to mineral extraction. The survey also identified traces of former field boundaries, some of which are depicted on 19th and 20th-century cartographic sources and aerial photographs. The evaluation uncovered no evidence to suggest the presence of significant archaeological remains at the site. Parts of three late post-medieval/modern boundary ditches were uncovered, corresponding to field boundaries visible on 19th and 20th century cartographic sources. The evaluation also recorded a small number of shallow, late post-medieval to modern ditches in the south-western corner of the site.