Site Event/Activity record ESF20667 - Land between Main Road and Felixstowe Road

Archaeological fieldwalking and metal-detection surveys were carried out on land between Main Road and Felixstowe Road, Martlesham, Suffolk. This was carried out after a geophysical survey that indicated the presence of possible prehistoric and medieval ditches, and prior to a trenched evaluation. The surveys produced mainly post-medieval finds, but also one sherd of Roman pottery, seven pieces of Roman CBM, one piece of medieval CBM and a copper alloy bolt of possible medieval date. These showed no clear concentrations across the site. The only potential finds cluster was represented by Middle Bronze Age flint tools and possibly associated burnt flints, accumulated along the eastern edge of the field. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Not known, Future Yes Associated Identifiers: HER event no. MRM 144 Sitecode MRM 144 NMR No. 1528977 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Housing estate Methods and Techniques: Metal Detectors, Fieldwalking Position in the Planning Process: Pre-application Reason for Investigation: Planning condition Site status: None Current Land use: Cultivated Land 4 - Character Undetermined Monument Type(s)/Period(s): NONE None Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POT Roman, CBM Post Medieval , CBM Medieval , BURNT FLINT Uncertain, LITHIC IMPLEMENTS Middle Bronze Age , ANIMAL BONE Uncertain, POT Post Medieval , CBM Roman PROJECT LOCATION Area 4.80 Hectares Grid Reference: TM247463 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Planning Authority (with/without advice from County/District Archaeologist) Design originator: Will Fletcher Director/Manager: Rhodri Gardner Supervisor: Rob Brooks DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Metal, Worked stone/lithics, other Media: Geophysics, Images raster / digital photography, Spreadsheets, Survey, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Metal, Worked stone/lithics, other Media: Correspondence, Notebook - Excavation, Research, General Notes, Report, Unpublished Text PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Metal, Worked stone/lithics BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Land between Main Road and Felixstowe Road, Martlesham MRM 144 Author(s)/Editor(s): Brooks, R. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2010/211 Date: 2010 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds Description: A4, stapled, white cover (also available as PDF)