Site Event/Activity record ESF19687 - Evaluation, land adjoining the Smoke House Inn, Beck Row, 2008
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Location
Location | MNL 598, Land adjoining Smoke House Inn and Skeltons Drove, Beck Row |
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Grid reference | Centred TL 6926 7782 (345m by 306m) |
Map sheet | TL67NE |
Civil Parish | MILDENHALL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
Date
Not recorded.
Description
An archaeological evaluation carried out in advance of residential development on land adjoining the Smoke House Inn and Skelton's Drove, Beck Row, identified a substantial phase of Late Iron Age/Roman occupation. The dense spread of features, consisting of a network of ditches and scattered pits, is clearly an extension of the contemporary activity seen at the adjacent excavated site to the north, MNL 502. An absence of features in southern trenches indicated a probable south-eastern boundary to this area of occupation. Further excavation in advance of development has been recommended.
Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes
Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Yes
Associated Identifiers:
HER event no. MNL 598
Planning Application No. F/2003/1077/OUT and F/2007/0492/RMA
Related HER No. MNL 502
Sitecode MNL 598
NMR No. 1479958
Project Type: Field evaluation
Development Type: Housing estate
Methods and Techniques: Sample Trenches
Position in the Planning Process: After full determination (eg. As a condition)
Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPG16
Current Land use: Cultivated Land 3 - Operations to a depth more than 0.25m
Monument Type(s)/Period(s): DITCH Roman, PIT Roman
Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): COIN Roman, BROOCH Roman, POTTERY Roman
PROJECT LOCATION
Area 5.10 Hectares
Grid Reference: TL69147784 Point
Height 5.00 - 5.00 metres
PROJECT CREATOR(S)
Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body
Design originator: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service, Field Team
Director/Manager: John Craven
Supervisor: John Craven
DIGITAL ARCHIVE
Recipient: Suffolk County SMR
Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Metal
Media: Database, GIS, Images raster / digital photography, Text
PAPER ARCHIVE
Recipient: Suffolk County SMR
Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Metal
Media: Context sheet, Photograph, Plan, Report, Section
PHYSICAL ARCHIVE
Recipient: Suffolk County SMR
Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Metal
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript)
Title: Land adjoining Smoke House Inn and Skelton's Drove, Beck Row, Mildenhall
Author(s)/Editor(s): Craven, J.A.
Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2008/07
Date: 2008
Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS
Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds
Description: SCCAS Evaluation report
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SSF52622 Unpublished document: Craven, J.. 2008. Evaluation report. MNL 598 Land adjoining Smoke House Inn and Skelton's Drove, Beck Row, Mildenhall, Mildenhall.
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
Record last edited
Mar 25 2011 5:40PM