I haven’t done a lot of digging on the chalk, so enjoyed the
opportunity when it arose.
Trench No. 5:
This linear ditch with E<->W alignment, bottomed out
at 1.35m and was cut into the natural [weathered] chalk. It had steeply sloping
sides to a narrow, flat base and became a bit constricted about halfway down. Scale is 2 metres long although the top is slightly cut off, poor light for photo’s.
This is my 1:10 section drawing of the above ditch cut,
below the section drawing is the start of the 1:50 plan of the evaluation trench.
This was before the job was postponed at short notice due to
a pair of Stone Curlew’s deciding to nest very close to the site indeed!
