Five signage pits are variously located on the verges on both sides of the A46. The watching brief identified no features of archaeological significance. The predominant layers encontered were post-Victorian, and all pits contained some degree of modern disturbance by service trenches or road make-up/landscaping. It is suggested that a sandy silt layer present in all pits represents a "early buried topsoil, now leached of colour" though there is no dating evidence to suggest this. One artifact recovered: Victorian pottery sherd.