Site Event/Activity record ESF20224 - Evaluation, Church Farm Holdiday Park

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Location

Location Church Farm Caravan Park
Grid reference Centred TM 4615 5737 (22m by 23m)
Map sheet TM45NE
Civil Parish ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

Technique(s)

Organisation

Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

Two 10m trenches excavated around a new development within Church Farm Caravan Park.Trench 1 was 1.8m wide, 9.0m long and up to 0.55m deep. The stratigraphy encountered consisted of 0.2m of disturbed top/subsoil - a dark brown sandy silt with the remnants of gravel surfacing. Below this was 0.3m of mid reddish brown silty sand with intermittent small natural flints and gravels sealing 0.05m+ of mottled/patchy mid reddish brown and pale/mid yellow brown sands with intermittent small naturally occurring gravels. Trench 2 was 11 m long, 1.2m wide and up to 0.6m deep. The stratigraphy encountered consisted of 0.15m of hardcore and sheeting above 0.35m of mid reddish brown silty sand with intermittent small natural flints and gravels, sealing 0.1 m+ of mottled/patchy mid reddish brown and 3 pale/mid yellow brown sands with intermittent small naturally occurring gravels. No archaeology was encountered.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Cass, S.. 2009. Archaeological Evaluation Report: Church Farm Holiday park, Aldeburgh.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Negative evaluation Church Farm Caravan Park (Revoked Record)

Record last edited

Sep 28 2016 3:50PM

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