Test Pit Observations at Gill's Farm, Methwold, Norfolk

Abstract

A test pit, dug as part of a soil auger survey of this site undertaken by Rodney Burton of Cambridge (figure 1), was inspected by the CAU on the afternoon of the 7th February following the discovery of a layer of branchwood within the peat, interpreted at the time as being the surface of a possible ‘trackway’. This layer had been encountered at a depth of between 0.4-0.6m beneath the surface within a single test pit 0.3m x 0.6m wide and up to 0.8m deep located within the north-western corner of the site.