Site Event/Activity record ESF23125 - Evaluation - Ipswich to Felixstowe, Shotley and Harwich 132kV and 33kV Cable route

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Location

Location Ipswich to Felixstowe, Shotley and Harwich
Grid reference Centred TM 2400 3737 (7583m by 7693m) (3 map features)
Map sheet TM23NW
Civil Parish FELIXSTOWE, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

Technique(s)

Organisation

Albion Archaeology

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

Archaeological Evaluation was undertaken along the route of the replacement of high voltage overhead power lines with below-ground cables running from Ipswich to Felixstowe and Shotley in Suffolk to investigate the route's archaeological potential and significance; this would entail trial trench investigation within the majority of the cable route and the monitoring of boreholes within the banks of the River Orwell. A 170 trenches were excavated measuring 15-50m long, with the majority being 30m long and 1.8m to 2.0m wide.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Keir, W.. 2016. Archaeological Evaluation Report - Ipswich to Felixstowe, Shotley and Harwich 132kV and 33kV Cable Routes: Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation.

Related Monuments/Buildings (10)

  • A coaxial field system and trackways of possible late prehistoric date are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs to the west of Trimley, Trimley… (Monument)
  • A possible Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a ring ditch to the south-east of Walk Farm, Stratton Hall parish (Monument)
  • A possible field system and associated trackway of unknown date are visible on aerial photographs to the south of the railway in Stratton Hall parish (Monument)
  • A probable Later Prehistoric or Roman rectilinear field system and associated trackways in Stratton Hall and Levington parishes. (Monument)
  • Adjacent to Stratton Hall Drift (Med) (Monument)
  • Blofield Hall (Monument)
  • Decoy Wood (E of) (Monument)
  • Possible Bronze-Age barrow or Prehistoric or Roman hut site. (Monument)
  • Probable Post Medieval field boundaries. (Monument)
  • Trimley Marshes (S side) (Monument)

Child/subsequent Site Events/Activities (20)

  • Evaluation - Trench 20 M1, Ipswich to Felixstowe Cable Route (Ref: OASIS-albionar1-215862)
  • Evaluation - Trench 37-40 M1, Ipswich to Felixstowe Cable Route (Ref: OASIS-albionar1-215862)
  • Evaluation - Trench 43-48 M1, Ipswich to Felixstowe Cable Route (Ref: OASIS-albionar1-215862)
  • Evaluation - Trench 49-50 M2, Ipswich to Felixstowe Cable Route (Ref: OASIS-albionar1-215862)
  • Evaluation - Trench 52-54 M2, Ipswich to Felixstowe Cable Route (Ref: OASIS-albionar1-215862)
  • Evaluation - Trench 63-65 M2, Ipswich to Felixstowe Cable Route (Ref: OASIS-albionar1-215862)
  • Evaluation - Trench 67-73 M1, Ipswich to Felixstowe Cable Route (Ref: OASIS-albionar1-215862)
  • Evaluation - Trench 76-79 M1, Ipswich to Felixstowe Cable Route (Ref: OASIS-albionar1-215862)
  • Evaluation - Trench 81-85 M1, Ipswich to Felixstowe Cable Route (Ref: OASIS-albionar1-215862)
  • Evaluation - Trench 96 M2, Ipswich to Felixstowe Cable Route (Ref: OASIS-albionar1-215862)
  • Evaluation - Trench 107 M1, Ipswich to Felixstowe Cable Route (Ref: OASIS-albionar1-215862)
  • Evaluation - Trench 110-118 , Ipswich to Felixstowe Cable Route (Ref: OASIS-albionar1-215862)
  • Evaluation - Trench 123, Ipswich to Felixstowe Cable Route (Ref: OASIS-albionar1-215862)
  • Evaluation - Trench 125-128, Ipswich to Felixstowe Cable Route (Ref: OASIS-albionar1-215862)
  • Evaluation - Trench 135-137, Ipswich to Felixstowe Cable Route (Ref: OASIS-albionar1-215862)
  • Evaluation - Trench 139-140, Ipswich to Felixstowe Cable Route (Ref: OASIS-albionar1-215862)
  • Evaluation - Trench 141-147, Ipswich to Felixstowe Cable Route (Ref: OASIS-albionar1-215862)
  • Evaluation - Trench 148-150 M2, Ipswich to Felixstowe Cable Route (Ref: OASIS-albionar1-215862)
  • Evaluation - Trench 160-162, Ipswich to Felixstowe Cable Route (Ref: OASIS-albionar1-215862)
  • Evaluation - Trench 11 M2, Ipswich to Felixstowe Cable Route (Ref: OASIS-albionar1-215862)

Record last edited

Sep 28 2023 9:34AM

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