Site Event/Activity record ESF25318 - Monitoring - Tut Hill Anglia Water pipeline, Fornham St Martin

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Location

Location
Grid reference Centred TL 8520 6638 (459m by 341m)
Map sheet TL86NE
Civil Parish FORNHAM ST MARTIN, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK
Civil Parish BURY ST EDMUNDS, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

Technique(s)

Organisation

Oxford Archaeology East

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

Monitoring of drill pits along the eastern section of the Anglian Water Tut Hill phase 1 pipeline scheme. In total six drill pits were monitored and recorded. The drill pits were excavated to a depth of 0.8m-2.5m, With the exception of drill pit 1 and 2, all the drill pits displayed the same squence of deposits. These comprised natural geologies of pale yellowish-brown and gery alluivial silts, gravels and clays overlain by a thick reddish-brown alluvium derived subsoil up to 0.63m thick. This in turn was sealed by a dark reddish-brown topsoil up to 0.6m thick. The soil sequence in Drill pit 1 comprised a natural geology of yellowish-brown sands and gravel overlain by 2.2m of blackish-brown made ground which was sealed by Tarmac. Drill pit 2 had a similar sequence to the other pits but had a layer of dark grey-brown organic silt at the base below the alluvium. No archaeological features or deposits were observed in the drill pits (S1).

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <S1> Unpublished document: Haskins, A.. 2017. Archaeological Metal Detecting and Monitoring, Tut Hill Phase 1 Pipeline Scheme, Fornham St Martin, Suffolk.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Negative monitoring and metal detecting at Tut Hill Anglia Water pipeline scheme (Revoked Record)

Record last edited

Aug 18 2022 3:29PM

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