Site Event/Activity record ESF22187 - Evaluation, Former Ellough Airfield, Worlingham, Suffolk

PROJECT DETAILS An archaeological evaluation comprising a surface collection survey (fieldwalking) followed by the excavation of nineteen trial trenches was undertaken on land off Copland Way, Worlingham, Suffolk. The proposed development area lies adjacent to Ellough Airfield Industrial Estate on the outskirts of the town of Beccles. A limited number of undated archaeological features were identified. A small boundary ditch of probable medieval or earlier date and three small pits containing charcoal and burnt flint were recorded. The pits were possibly of prehistoric date. The proposed development area was intersected by two phases of substantial linear drains of 20th century date. Both of these phases were put in place in 1942-44 during the construction of Ellough Airfield. At least parts of the earlier phase of drains were still 'live' draining the extant northwest-to-southeast aligned concrete airfield runway. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: Sitecode Wocw12 Planning Application No. DC/11/0670/FUL Museum accession ID WGM 014 HER event no. WGM 014 NMR No. 1577753 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Construction of anaerobic digestion plant and infrastructure Methods and Techniques: '''Fieldwalking''', '''Environmental Sampling''', '''Sample Trenches''' Position in the Planning Process: After full determination (eg. As a condition) Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPS Site status: None Current Land use: Cultivated Land 2 - Operations to a depth less than 0.25m Monument Type(s)/Period(s): FIELD BOUNDARY Uncertain, PITS Uncertain Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): CBM Medieval , CBM Post Medieval , HORESHOE Medieval , POTTERY Post Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 3.30 Hectares Grid Reference: TM454884 Point Height 22.00 - 22.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Suffolk County Council Archaeology Service Design originator: Gary Taylor Director/Manager: Dale Trimble Supervisor: John Percival DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Museums Contents: 'Ceramics', 'Metal', 'Stratigraphic', 'Survey' Media: 'Survey', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Museums Contents: 'Ceramics', 'Metal', 'Stratigraphic', 'Survey' Media: 'Context sheet', 'Correspondence', 'Drawing', 'Map', 'Matrices', 'Photograph', 'Plan', 'Report', 'Section', 'Survey ' PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Weston Park Museum, Sheffield Contents: 'Ceramics', 'Metal' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Archaeological Evaluation on land at the fomer Ellough Airfield, Copland Way, Worlingham, Suffolk (WOCW12) Author(s)/Editor(s): Percival, J. Other Bibliographic Details: 94/12 Date: 1201 Issuer/Publisher: Archaeological Project Services Place of Issue or Publication: Heckington, Lincolnshire Description: A4 Comb Bound