Towards the end of Middle Street, excavation of the development route revealed a short length of a curvilinear ditch. The total length observed measured c. 3m and the profile of the ditch was a broad concave shape, with moderately steep sides. Within the ditch was a single deposit of mid to light grey silty sand, with occasional stones.

Several pits were recorded to the SW of the ditch, including four pits. Another two pits were adjacent to each other. The larger of the two was subcircular in plan with steep sides and a broad, slightly concave base measuring approximately 1m diameter and 0.25m deep. Within the pit was a single dumped deposit pof dark grey brown, slightly sandy silt. The other pit was located immediately to the west and was much smaller, with a diameter of just 0.32m. Circular in plan, it had a concave profile, 0.15m deep containing a single deposit of dark grey brown sandy silt.

Two further pits were also observed adjacent to each other. One pit was circular in plan, measuring 0.5m in diameter and 0.12m deep, with a broad concave profile. Accumulated within the pit was a deposit of dark greyish brown loamy sand. The other slightly smaller pit measured 0.3m in diameter and 0.14m deep with steep sides and an irregular concave base. Within th eoit wasa single deposit of dark, orangey grey-brown loamy sand with occasional stones. Neither of the pits produced any artefactual material.

Another pit was observed within the NW facing seciton of the track bed trench, as a slightly irregular, steep sided concave feature. It measured 1.1.m across, and 0.65m deep, but as it was only in section, the form in plan was not discernible. It was cut through a dark grey brown sandy loam deposit which likely represents a former soil horizon. Filling the majority of the pit was a deposit of mid brown sandy loam containing fragments of CBM, charcoal and occasional stones, toa depth of 0.5m. This was immediately overlain by a thin layer of dark brown sandy loam, forming a final upper fill 0.08m thick. The feature was then presumably truncated when Middle Street was constructed as it was sealed layers of made ground beneath the road.

A further pit was also identified within the NW facing section of the area excavated for the track bed. It was observed as a steep sided, concave feature, 1m wide and 0.57m deep. It appeared to be cut into a similar horizon to that of the pit in the paragraph above, and was filled by a deposit of mid greyish brown sandy loam, with a shallow upper fill of dark grey brown, sandy loam, measuring 0.52m and 0.2m deep respectively.

Situated close to the junction of Middle Street and The City, another rpit was reocrded within the NW facing section of the excavation area. It as a broad concave feature, with moderately sloped sides measuring 1.25m across and 0.55m deep. It contained a single deposit comprising id to dark grey sandy loam with frequent btrick fragments present throughout.

Furthermore, several closely positioned pits were observed within the SE facing section of the excavated area. The earliest feature within the sequence was a pit, a broad flat bottomed features measuring 1.2m and 0.2m deep. It was filled by a single deposit of light blue-grey sandy loam, and sealed by a layer of light brown sandy loam, up to 0.3m thick. The three remaining pits were then cut into the surface of the layer of light brown sandy loam. Towards the SQ was another pit which measured 0.8m across and 0.3m deep, with a cut towards the centre (-.72m wide and 0.12m deep) and another pit to the NE (0.44m wide and 0.22m deep). Although these pits varied in size, they were all a similar broad concave profile, and each contained near identical deposits of dark grey sandy loam with occasional stones.

M. Dodd & R. Humphreys, 2015, NET Phase Two, Beeston: Archaeological Watching Brief (Unpublished document). SNT6233.