Site Event/Activity record ESF23733 - Monitoring - Geotechnical pits at Sharpe's Corner, Lakenheath

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Location

Location
Grid reference Centred TL 7118 8378 (314m by 538m)
Map sheet TL78SW
Civil Parish LAKENHEATH, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

Technique(s)

Organisation

Albion Archaeology

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

Archaeological monitoring was carried out on seventeen geotechnical pits were excavated. The test pits measured at 0.70m wide and between 2.30m and 3m long. The depth of each pit varied but they measured at several meters deep. An undisturbed geological deposit of chalk was encountered at a depth between 0.36m and 1.25m. Some modern disturbances were identified. No archaeological deposits or artefacts were encountered in any of the test pits (S1).

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <S1> Unpublished document: Abrams, J. 2010. Archaeological Observation during Geo-technical Test Pitting: Sharpes Corner, Lakenheath, Suffolk.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Medieval and Post Medieval artefact scatter at Sharpe's Corner (Monument)

Record last edited

Mar 22 2016 3:15PM

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