Archaeological monitoring was recommended following an appraisal of the scheme, which concluded that the area had seen extensive exploitation from the Neolithic period onwards, with evidence for prehistoric funerary and ritual activity, and linear boundary structures located within proximity to the works. The excavations did not identify any features or finds of archaeological interest. The modern road was constructed directly atop the natural substrate, indicating either that there was no Roman road on this alignment, or that the construction of the modern road had removed all evidence of earlier activity at this location.