Site Event/Activity record ESF22991 - Evaluation, Habitat Creation, Deadman's Grave, Icklingham

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Location

Location Deadman's Grave, Icklingham
Grid reference Centred TL 778 739 (328m by 331m)
Map sheet TL77SE
Civil Parish ICKLINGHAM, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

Technique(s)

Organisation

Archaeological Solutions

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

Archaeological Evaluation followed by monitoring was carried out for groundworks associated with the proposed new habitat creation. Despite the high potential for archaeological remains of prehistoric date, the evaluation and monitoring only revealed a pit and ditch. These features were both shallow and located in the area of deeper subsoil which suggests that if any features were present elsewhere they may have been lost to ploughing. Trenches 3 and 4 were located close to the possible barrows to investigate whether there were adjacent burials or cremations. Neither trench contained archaeological features or finds. Topsoil was present across the whole site 0.32-0.48m thick, subsoil was present only in the centre of Trench 1 c0.35m thick. The natural deposits comprised compact while chalk with patches of dark-mid brown orange silty sand with occasional-mederate flint, these deposits were encountered 0.32-0.48m deep, except the centre of Trench 1 where they were at a depth of 0.80m (S1).

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Barlow, G.. 2015. Archaeological Evaluation and Monitoring, Proposed Habitat Creation, Deadman's Grave, Icklingham, Suffolk (A11 Fiveways to Thetford Improvement Scheme).

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Possible Bronze Age barrows and earlier field field system (Monument)

Record last edited

Sep 26 2017 12:33PM

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