Site Event/Activity record ESF21138 - Freckenham Road Evaluation, Worlington

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Location

Location Freckenham Road Evaluation
Grid reference Centred TL 688 734 (94m by 75m)
Map sheet TL67SE
Civil Parish WORLINGTON, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

Technique(s)

Organisation

Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service

Date

Not recorded.

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Description

An archaeological evaluation was carried out on land to the north of Freckenham Road, Worlington, to the west of the village. Four trenches were excavated, all of which revealed evidence of medieval occupation on the site in the form of ditches, pits and a large buried deposit. The features produced pottery, animal bone, ceramic building material (CBM), marine shells and lava quern. Some unstratified worked flint was also recovered. There appeared to be at least two or more phases of occupation, from the 10th to the 14th century. Several other undated features were also excavated. The archaeological levels were well preserved below topsoil and ploughsoil layers. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Yes Associated Identifiers: HER event no. WGN 041 Sitecode WGN 041 NMR No. 1546854 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Six semi-detached houses, Small-scale (e.g. single house, etc.) Methods and Techniques: Sample Trenches Position in the Planning Process: Pre-application Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPS Current Land use: Cultivated Land 3 - Operations to a depth more than 0.25m Monument Type(s)/Period(s): DITCHES Medieval , DITCH Uncertain, PITS Uncertain, PITS Medieval , LAYER Medieval , POST HOLE Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): FIRED CLAY Uncertain, GLASS Post Medieval , LITHIC IMPLEMENT Late Prehistoric, ANIMAL REMAINS Medieval , BURNT STONE Uncertain, CBM Medieval , QUERN Post Medieval , POTTERY Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 0.25 Hectares Grid Reference: TL688734 Point Height 7.64 - 7.85 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Jess Tipper Director/Manager: John Craven Supervisor: Rob Brooks DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: WGN 041 Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Glass, Stratigraphic, Survey, other Media: Database, Images raster / digital photography, Survey, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: WGN 041 Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Glass, Stratigraphic, Survey, other Media: Context sheet, Correspondence, Plan, Report, Section, Unpublished Text PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: H/81/5 Contents: Animal Bones, Glass, other BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Freckenham Road, Worlington, WGN 041, Archaeological Evaluation Report Author(s)/Editor(s): Brooks, R. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2011/152 Date: 2011 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds Description: A4, comb bound, white cover, 3 appendices (also available as pdf)

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Brooks, R. 2011. Archaeological Evaluation Report, Freckenham Road Evaluation, Worlington, WGN 041.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Freckenham Road Evaluation, Worlington (Monument)

Record last edited

Nov 14 2011 11:00AM

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