Archaeological evaluation by trial-trenching on land adjacent to Martins Green, Pelham Road, Berden, Essex, CM23 1AE: November 2015

An archaeological evaluation by trial-trenching was carried out in advance of the construction of a new house and cart-lodge on land adjacent to Martins Green, Pelham Road, Berden. Two archaeological features were recorded, a modern pit and an undated/natural feature. The remains of an historic pond, present on the first edition Ordnance Survey map, was also identified, but a modern plastic liner in its base indicated modern reconditioning of the pond and no archaeological horizons or water-logged deposits were observed. Despite being located close to a 16th-century Grade 2 listed house known as Martins Green, no significant archaeological features or finds were identified.