During late March and early April 2013 a strip, map and sample excavation was undertaken on land to the east of 'Faerie Hollow', Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire. The development overlay the site of a former post-medieval chalk quarry within which later structures were built. Parts of the drainage system relating to a Victorian wash-house and soakaway were uncovered. This had been demolished in the 1930s when a new garage and lean-to were constructed. Part of this development utilised the footings of the former wash house and privy. A sunken area within the old quarry survived until it was levelled in about 1986 and the present forecourt created.