Site Event/Activity record ESF22190 - Excavation, Former Ellough Airfield, Worlingham, Suffolk

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Location

Location Former Ellough Airfield, Worlingham, Suffolk
Grid reference Centred TM 4544 8837 (37m by 94m) (2 map features)
Map sheet TM48NE
Civil Parish WORLINGHAM, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

Technique(s)

Organisation

Archaeological Project Services

Date

Not recorded.

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Description

PROJECT DETAILS Following an archaeological evaluation by surface collection survey (fieldwalking) and trial trenching a further phase of archaeological mitigation and recording was undertaken on land off Copland Way (Ellough Airfield Industrial Estate), Worlingham, Suffolk. During the evaluation three small undated archaeological features and a boundary ditch of probable medieval date were found. The small pits all contained charcoal and burnt flint and were interpreted as possibly being of prehistoric date. This interpretation led to a radiocarbon 14 date being obtained from charcoal recovered from one of the pits (Appendix 5). This indicted that the pits were of late Bronze Age date. Two further areas were stripped of topsoil and archaeologically investigated. A further three small pits with charcoal-rich fills were found. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future No Associated Identifiers: Sitecode WOCW13 HER event no. WGM 014 NMR No. 1578804 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: ''''Part Excavation'''' Reason for Investigation: Planning condition Site status: None Current Land use: Cultivated Land 3 - Operations to a depth more than 0.25m Monument Type(s)/Period(s): PITS Late Prehistoric Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): FIRED CLAY Late Prehistoric PROJECT LOCATION Area 600.00 Hectares Grid Reference: TM454884 Point Height 22.00 - 22.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Suffolk County Council Archaeology Service Design originator: Dale Trimble Director/Manager: Dale Trimble Supervisor: John Percival DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Archaeological Project Services Contents: 'Ceramics', 'Environmental', 'Stratigraphic', 'Survey' Media: 'Survey', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Museums Contents: 'Ceramics', 'Environmental', 'Stratigraphic', 'Survey' Media: 'Context sheet', 'Drawing', 'Matrices', 'Photograph', 'Plan', 'Report', 'Section', 'Survey ' PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Museums Contents: 'Ceramics', 'Environmental' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: ARCHAEOLOGICAL MONITORING AND Author(s)/Editor(s): Pecival, J. Other Bibliographic Details: 27/13 Date: 2013 Issuer/Publisher: Archaeological Project Services Place of Issue or Publication: Heckington Description: A4 Com Bound

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Percival, J. 2013. Archaeological Monitoring and recording on Land at Ellough Airfield, Worlingham, Suffolk.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Undated features, Former Ellough Airfield, Worlingham, Suffolk (Monument)

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Jul 20 2022 11:40AM

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