Between January and March 2011 five targeted open area excavations were carried out by Oxford Archaeology East in advance of the construction of a water pipeline by Essex and Suffolk Water. The site comprised of a single trench running north-west to south-east on level ground, 270m long x 4m wide. The site was covered by a dark greyish brown topsoil to a depth of 0.3m, with no subsoil; the natural was a mid orange clayey silt. <1> Several Iron Age pits and ditches, containing Early Iron Age pottery, were defiend at the northern end of this site. A large irregular medieval ditch (with three phases) was revealed running north-east to south-west across the northern part of site.