Site Event/Activity record ESF19914 - Evaluation, Site C4, Suffolk Business Park

Trial trench evaluation was commissioned by Chaplin Farrant Ltd on behalf of Citygate Developments Ltd in advance of proposed industrial development. Ten trenches were excavated to a depth of 0.25-0.87m. Nine features were recorded, the majority located in the northern half of the site. The features comprised undated pits and ditches, one of which (F1019) contained a small fragment of animal bone. To the north of the site, within Area B of Suffolk Business Park, excavation had revealed prehistoric features containing pottery and worked flint. An occupation layer was also found (Site RGH 044). In the event small scale undated features were revealed. The cartographic evidence does not show any boundaries crossing the site before 1813, which is the earliest map for the area, and ditches F1005, F1019, and F1021 could not readily be related to any known modern boundaries. Despite the site's potential little archaeological material was revealed (S1).