A DIGGER has been working on a possible development site on the edge of Huddersfield.

The JCB dug up eight trenches at Lindley Moor yesterday.

Stirling Scotfield has asked Kirklees Council for permission to build a data centre on the land, at the corner of Lindley Moor Road and Crosland Road.

The site would provide a secure location for businesses to house their computer servers.

But residents are fighting the plan to develop the green field site near the M62.

Peter Waller, who walks on the moor every day, spotted the yellow digger yesterday.

The Salendine Nook man said: “It was digging trenches about a foot deep, 75 feet long and 16 feet wide.

“I also saw two people with very small trowels scraping off the earth.

“I haven’t a clue who they are but I think they were looking for a Roman road. You would only use small trowels if you were looking for some kind of archaeological remains.”

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