The site was on undulating land in an area of mostly heavy clay soils derived from the underlying Lowestoft Till. A localised deposit of glacial sand and gravel forms a distinct knoll at the east end of the site. A probable Later Bronze Age un-urned cremation was found on relatively high ground overlooking a valley to the north of the site. Several foci of Early/Middle Iron Age occupation were found across the area of the site. A significant result of the fieldwork was the confirmation of a ditched enclosure (suggested by the preceding geophysical survey) on the knoll at the east end of the site. This is dated provisionally to the Early/Middle Iron Age, with activity in this area continuing into the Late Iron Age/early Roman period. A large pit or ditch produced Ipswich ware pottery and associated refuse, suggesting Middle Saxon occupation in the immediate vicinity. A medieval occupation site was found in the western part of the site, close to modern Henley Road. Part of a cobbled surface (a floor, yard or track) and a possible beaten earth floor or external surface are dated by pottery to the 12th- or early 13th century. A small clay extraction pit nearby contained pottery of the same date. There was no evidence for continued occupation of the site in the later medieval period. Some post-medieval ditches represented field boundaries that were backfilled following the construction of what is now the East Suffolk railway line in the 1850s.