A single interconnecting 72m long x 1.60m wide trench was excavated within the footprint of the proposed development. A second smaller trench (4m in length x 1.60m wide) was investigated along the southern boundary of the site. The excavation was carried out with a tracked excavator fitted with a 1.60m wide toothless ditching bucket, and was monitored under close archaeological supervision. The demolition overburden within Trench 1 was removed in spits not exceeding 0.10m in depth until the natural clay was identified. A small sondage was excavated within the south-western portion of the trench to assess the natural stratigraphy. At a depth of 2.20m it was confirmed the natural clay was not re-deposited. A single linear ditch was encountered within the central part of the site truncating the natural clay. This was excavated by hand. A second trench was requested to investigate if the disturbance encountered within Trench 1 continued southwards. This trench was machine excavated in spits to a depth of 0.25m where archaeological layers/deposits were encountered and subsequently excavated by hand. Several large modern extraction pits and a drain were noted across the site. These pits were formed recently from the removal of the concrete foundations that once supported the stanchion posts for the former brewery storehouse.