Undated ditch and pit, Blue Gates Farm, Colchester Main Road, Alresford (EHER 49996)

An archaeological evaluation (seven trial-trenches) revealed a ditch corresponding to a cropmark extending across the proposed development site and a pit, both of uncertain date. A piece of possibly prehistoric flint retrieved from the ditch indicate that the feature might date to this period, but it could equally be a residual find.

An archaeological evaluation (seven trial-trenches) was carried out at land off Blue Gates Farm, Colchester Main Road, Alresford in advance of the construction of nine new dwellings. A ditch corresponding to a cropmark extending across the proposed development site, and a pit, both of uncertain date, were uncovered. Two sections of ditch, F1 in T6 and F3 in T7, suggest that the cropmark ditch does continue into the development site where it curves slightly from a N-S alignment to a NNE-SSW direction. It is possible, however, that this ditch is in fact unrelated to the cropmark. A piece of possibly prehistoric flint retrieved from the ditch indicate that the feature might date to this period, but it could equally be a residual find.<1>