Evaluation by N Roycroft of MoLAS prior to redevelopment revealed no finds or features of archaeological interest.
Gradiometer survey conducted by J Lucas of Southampton University. A pair of linear features were detected running parallel to the field boundary. These are thought to be relatively recent agricultural features. The outline of a ditch visible on aerial photographs of the area was also detected, as was a faint rectilinear feature, possibly a building. The results were promising, although it was thought that the ferruginous local geology might mean that a resistivity survey would provide clearer results.
Watching brief and photographic survey by N Shaikhley of SCAU prior to and during demolition works. No archaeological features of any antiquity were noted, although numerous remains relating to the former 18th and 19th century structures on the site were observed.
