Site Event/Activity record ESF19461 - Evaluation - Waste Transfer Site, Site 2, Land off Addison Way, Bramford Road, Great Blakenham

Archaeological evaluation of development, a total of nine evaluation trenches were excavated measuring a total of 320 linear metres representing 480sqm of area covered which is just under 5% of the 1.09ha development area. They were excavated to a depth of between 0.35m-0.8m. 16 archaeological features were revealed with the majority of features located within the trenches that lie closest to Bramford Road. The topsoil was pale to mid-brown light silty sand with some variable clay content at an average depth of 0.36m. The subsoil was far more inconsistent and had probably been amalgamated with the topsoil to the south-west of the site possibly as a result of agricultural activity. The subsoil, where present, consisted of mixed and mottled pale to mid-brown silty sand with a depth of 0.15-0.32m. The characteristics of the subsoil suggest that the deposit had accumulated as ancient hill-wash. The underlying natural deposits consisted of very mixed and banded geological sand, gravel and clay, generally arranged in west ot east striations (S1).