Undated linear features at land off Wethersfield Road, Finchingfield (EHER 80163)

Two parallel ditches that extend across the SW edge of the site are in alignment with a former track associated with known Iron Age/Roman settlement remains just SW of the site. A further undated ditch may be of recent origin or part of an earlier agricultural landscape, which is signified by traces of ridge and furrow in the Eastern half of the site. Lastly, undated pits may be indicated by zones of weak magnetic variation.

September 2016. Geophysical survey. The survey recorded a number of potential buried ditches at the Southern edge of Area 1. Two parallel ditches that extend across the SW edge of the site conceivably flank a former track associated with known Iron Age/Roman settlement remains that lie in close proximity to the SW boundary. There is no geophysical evidence of the track continuing into the SE part of the proposed development. An isolated approximately west-north-west-ESE aligned ditch extends across the central part of Area 2 and terminates close to the current Eastern boundary of the field which might imply a recent origin, although an archaeological one cannot be ruled out. Slight traces of potential ridge and furrow cultivation, possibly including headlands, were registered in the Eastern half of the site, whilst amorphous zones of weak magnetic variation may signify traces of backfilled sand pits. <1>