Site Event/Activity record ESF21791 - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment, Barnham to Little Wheltenham

This desk-based assessment considers the archaeological potential of the Barnham cross Water Treatment works to Little Welnetham Reservoir Treated Water Main. The pipeline starts in Thetford at Barnham Cross Water Treatment Works (NGR TL 87008 81645) within the southern part of Norfolk. It then runs through Suffolk terminating south-east of Bury St Edmunds at Little Welnetham Reservoir at NGR TL 89618 60287. This assessment only considers the 29km of this 31km scheme that lies in Suffolk The route runs, through the parishes of Barnham, Euston, Fakenham Magna, Sapiston, Bardwell, Ixworth, Pakenham, Great Barton, Thurston, Rougham, Rushbrooke, Bradfield St George to its destination close to the village of Little Whelnetham, Suffolk. The route runs across a rural landscape close to areas of high archaeological potential, notably the scheduled Roman villa and triple-ditched fort at Ixworth, the Roman barrow cemetery (part of which is scheduled) at Rougham and the adjacent Roman road which the route follows at the southern end of the scheme. There are remains of a number of archaeological remains from a range or periods recorded near to the site - prehistoric at Barnham, Euston, Fakenham Magna, Ixworth, and Pakenham; Roman at Fakenham Magna, Ixworth, Pakenham and Rougham; Saxon at Fakenham Magna and Ixworth; medieval at Fakenham Magna and Bardwell and post-medieval Fakenham Magna, Bardwell and Rougham. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: Contracting Unit No. BAU2831 NMR No. 1568860 Project Type: Desk based assessment Development Type: Pipelines/cables (e.g. gas, electric, telephone, TV cable, water, sewage, drainage etc.) Methods and Techniques: ''Documentary Search'', ''Visual Inspection'' Reason for Investigation: Water Act 1989 and subsequent code of practice Site status: None Current Land use: Other 11 - Thoroughfare, Cultivated Land 4 - Character Undetermined Monument Type(s)/Period(s): NONE None Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): NONE None PROJECT LOCATION Area 145.00 Hectares Grid References: TL86438077 Line, TL89636027 Line PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Services Design originator: David Whitmore Director/Manager: David Whitmore Supervisor: Rebecca Sillwood DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: NPS Archaeology Contents: 'other' Media: 'Images raster / digital photography', 'Images vector', 'Text' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment of the Suffolk Section of Bury PZ - Barnham Cross Water Treatment Works to Little Whelnetham Reservoir Treated Water Main Author(s)/Editor(s): Sillwood, R. Other Bibliographic Details: Report 2831 Date: 2012 Issuer/Publisher: NPS Archaeology Place of Issue or Publication: Norwich Description: A4 paper, colour printed, double-sided, spiral bound; PDF