Archaeological Monitoring and Recording of geotechnical test pits in Whittlesey Washes

Between the 21st and 25th of February 2011 Oxford Archaeology East carried out a archaeological monitoring and recording of geotechnical test pits carried out at Whittlesey Washes, Whittlesey. A total of seventeen two metre long test pits were monitored and recorded along the south edge of Morton's Leam (520800/297400 to 539600/302600). A possible buried soil and two features of indeterminate date were observed, but no definite archaeological remains or artefacts were found although the test pits provide a useful indication of the soil profiles through the southern bank of the Drain known as Morton's Leam along prt of its length.