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. <1> Topsoil (dark greyish brown) was machined off the site to a depth of 0.3m. The central easement (4m wide) was stripped of subsoil (mid greyish brown silty sand) to a further depth of 0.1m, for a length of 167m. This revealed a yellow sand and gravel natural. Several tree throws 10, 14, 22, 45, 51, 60, 62 and 65 were distributed across site; one additional one was of note 49/56, as it contained Late Bronze Age / Early Iron Age pottery. A north-east to south-west ditch aligned 24 was observed towards the centre of the site. This ditch was cut by two parallel ditches on the same alignment, separated by a distance of 0.5m. Early medieval pottery was recovered from both ditches which are likely to have been contemporary. There were a number of undated ditches and also some modern features within this excavation area.