Archaeological investigations were carried out at ‘The Emplins’, Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire (TL 242 524) in advance of groundworks in the late fifteenth century north cross-wing. An eighteenth-century sunken diary was uncovered which occupied most of the area of investigation. In addition, a small area of undisturbed earlier contexts was observed. These yield no datable material but must predate the timber frames of both the hall and north ranges.