Planning permission has been granted for construction of a link corridor between two buildings of the King's School, Ely, to improve boarding accommodation. Cambridgeshire County Council Development Control Office required that the initial stages of construction were archaeologically monitored to fulfil a condition placed on the planning consent. This document is a report of observations made during the stripping of the area and the digging of three footings for walls that will be built as part of the link corridor. The stripped area did not cut deep enough to affect any archaeological features that may have been there. The positioning of the footings was such that they only encountered relatively recent deposits. No significant archaeological deposits were observed.