Watching brief by D. Andrews at 9 Museum Street, Saffron Walden, 1989 - EEX62053

This site, immediately adjacent to the Museum annex, was inspected when the ground level was reduced prior to future development. In the eastern part of the site chalk bedrock was exposed. To the west there was made ground. The junction between these deposits ran approximately north-south. This apparently abrupt edge implies a large cut feature, and corresponds in position to the eastern bailey ditch, which is thought to follow the line of Museum Street. This interpretation is supported by the existence of a rise in ground level of about 2 m at the eastern boundary of the site, where a revetment wall separates it from the Tennis Club property.