Post-medieval wall and outbuilding at Elm Cottage, Newmarket Road, Great Chesterford (EHER 83507)

The trial trench recorded a probably post-medieval boundary wall on top of the Roman wall foudnations (EHER 83506) and the truncated remains of a wall and associated chalk floor, prpbably belonging to a former outbuilding.

October 2009. Trial trenching and test pitting. A probably post-medieval wall was located on top of the Roman wall foundations (see EHER 83506) and may have represented an earlier version of the extant wall surrounding the property. The truncated wall remains and an associated chalk floor, located in the south-western end of the trench, confirm the former existence of an ancillary building that stood against the extant property wall, as depicted on the 1st edition OS map. Its foudnations were relatively slight and did not particularly impact upon the underlying Roman period remains. To the rear of the house, the test pit established the presence of some post-medieval deposits, but also a significant degree of modern disturbance. <1>