
doi: 10.5284/1121391
The evaluation fieldwork comprised the excavation of six trenches of c.15m length and 1.8m wide. The trenches were located to provide a representative sample of the site. Overburden was stripped from the trenches by a mechanical excavator and all machining was conducted under constant archaeological supervision to the top of the natural substrate, which was the level at which archaeological features were first encountered. Archaeological features/deposits were investigated, planned and recorded. Deposits were assessed for their paleoenvironmental potential, and samples were taken. In February 2024, Cotswold Archaeology (CA) carried out an archaeological evaluation on land off Wildmere Road, Holywell Row, Suffolk. Six trenches were excavated across the development area in advance of a water pipe installation and associated works. Of the six excavated trenches, archaeological features were recorded in five (Trenches 1-4 and 6) comprising five ditches and one pit. Additionally, a tree throw was identified in Trench 5. In general, the preservation of the features across the site was good, though much of the artefact assemblage had suffered abrasion and the majority of the material was probably not in its primary context of deposition. Furthermore, the archaeological features were all devoid of finds, with artefacts only recovered from topsoil deposits and the tree throw. The majority of the artefact assemblage recovered from the site is medieval in date, comprising pottery, metalwork and ceramic building material (CBM), with two concentrations of this material recovered from the areas surrounding Trenches 3 and 5. Also of note, a Roman coin was recovered during metal-detecting of the site, which likely corresponds to a scatter of additional Roman finds immediately to the west. While the features identified during the fieldwork were undated, due to the presence of both Roman and medieval find scatters situated immediately to the west and north-east of the site, it is possible that the features identified during the evaluation could belong to either of these periods. Due to the general dearth of artefactual material recovered from the features themselves, this suggests that the features probably represent field boundaries associated with agricultural activity, situated peripheral to settlement activity.
Archaeology, Grey Literature
Archaeology, Grey Literature
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