Archaeological trial-trenching evaluation at Old Lodge Farm, White Hart Lane, Springfield, Chelmsford, Essex – May 2013

The site is located at Old Lodge Farm in White Hart Lane, Springfield, Chelmsford, Essex, which is a traditional farmstead associated with the nearby New Hall estate and its historic deer park. To the south-west of the site, there are cropmarks which are possible evidence of prehistoric burials.
In advance of the construction of five new dwellings and associated
works, an evaluation by ten trenches (total length 80m) revealed nine features, all of which were post-medieval or modern in date. Three compacted yard surfaces were also uncovered, dating from earlier phases of agricultural activity in the farmstead. Nothing else of archaeological interest was discovered.