Description

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Environ UK Ltd acting on behalf of RBSI Custody Bank Ltd and RBSI Trust Bank Ltd, to carry out an archaeological Watching Brief during construction of industrial units, at The Birches Industrial Estate, East Grinstead, West Sussex, centred on NGR 537100 139245. This work was undertaken between 26th January and 3rd February 2006.
The work was carried out in accordance with a Written Schemes of Investigation prepared by Wessex Archaeology and approved by West Sussex County Council’s Archaeological Officer, for the local planning authority (Mid Sussex District Council), and followed detailed assessments of the known and potential archaeological resources, and the possible impact upon those resources by the programme of construction.
In general the Site was identified as having low archaeological potential but a clear assessment was prevented by a lack of previous archaeological work in the area.
Two ditches and associated plough scarring were revealed during the Watching Brief.
A putative medieval / post medieval date was suggested for the features due to their position in the Site’s stratigraphic sequence.