ENN108259 - Middle Farm House, Upper Benefield 2016 (Watching brief)

{1} The watching brief visits carried out throughout 2016 on the site at Middle Farm concentrated on groundworks associated with the stripping of the existing driveway in advance of the excavation of trenches for new drainage and the reduction of the area for formation levels, the excavation of a soakaway in the centre of the site, and the excavation of foundation trenches for extensions to buildings. Few archaeological features were identified- a modern pit, a former brick driveway under the modern replacement. A limestone slab with the date 1702 carved into it was also found.