Medieval ditch at Eddystone Avenue, Saffron Walden (EHER 49632)

A ditch in the south-west of the site may be of medieval date. An adjacent gully and pit, although both currently undated, could be of similar date.

2021. Trial trenching. Forty-one trial-trenches were investigated across the 70,520sq m evaluation area. Archaeological remains were recorded in six trenches and comprised a small number of linear ditches, a gully, two pits and a pond, mostly located in the south-west of the evaluated area. A ditch in the south-west of the site may be of medieval date. An adjacent gully and pit, although both currently undated, could be of similar date. Two ditches, a pit and a pond containing late 19th- to early 20th-century rubbish and scrap metal relate to the agricultural land use of the site in the late postmedieval/ modern period. This is likely to be associated with the adjacent Shire Hill Farm.