Site Event/Activity record ESF24754 - Evaluation - Mildenhall Community Hub, Mildenhall

157 trenches were excvated on arable land and school grounds prior to the development of infrastructure facilities, sports pitches and drainage management features. Each trench measure 30m x 1.8m. The topsoil was at a fairly consistent depth of 0.3-0.4m in all the trenches. Where a subsoil horixon was present it typically consisted of varying depths of mid brownish-orange sandy-silt. In the South Field and Southern School Field a relatively shallow pale-mid grey silt subsoil was also recorded. Underlying these deposits was chalk, frequently scarred with solution channels and plough marks.