Between 3rd and 3rd February over the course of 10 days Wessex Archaeology (WA) conducted a watching brief on part of the phase one development at Bitham Brook Primary School. The watching brief covered an L-shaped piece of land measuring approximately 23 m x 20 m and a U shaped pipe trench. The watching brief forms part of the archaeological mitigation works of the planning application ref 16/07361/FUL. A full report will be compiled when the evaluation and second phase watching brief have been concluded. 1.2.1 The watching brief was successful in noting two archaeological features and a post-medieval or modern hollow and a modern rubbish dump or spread of material. In the southern area of the Site the ground had been heavily truncated and disturbed by the construction of the school and its associated services. Services noted during the watching brief included two gas pipes, a water pipe, a foul sewer and a several sections of rainwater drains and soakaways. A small trench (2 x 0.3 x 0.5 m) was monitored to facilitate the connection of the constructors compound to the mains services, only topsoil and subsoil were noted in this trench. The watching brief has demonstrated the survival of archaeological remains within the vicinity of the school. The archaeological remains, specifically gully 106, recorded by this phase of the watching brief have been heavily truncated by the construction of the school and the groundworks associated with its construction. No evidence for Romano-British funerary practices were noted during this watching brief, as the Site investigations move away from the school the potential for archaeological survival improves.