Pepper Hill ARC THB 95

The fieldwork comprised the excavation of two trenches which were located on the position of the two head houses to be constructed on the south side of the A2. Their position is shown on Union Rail Drawing No: D/DZ/500/460/0001. Each trench measured 7m x 7m in plan. Their size was dictated by the size of the proposed head house and does not represent a systematic percentage sample of the archaeological deposits present at the site. Recent geotechnical observations within the southern work area indicate the presence of at least 1.6m of topsoil and colluvium above brown sandy clay and rounded flint gravel. Chalk was located at a depth of 3m.