Monument record FNM 008 - A12 Wickham Market to Saxmundham improvement; O.S. 9673

Dec 1991: widespread scatter of worked and heavily burnt flints over an area c 180 x 120m located during fieldwalking survey of preferred new A12 route, using 20m apart transects. Finds listed as 54 flakes, 1 core and scatter of heavily burnt flints (5 retained) and 1(?) small Prehistoric flint gritted sherd. Also 1 Roman body sherd and 1 body sherd Medieval coarse ware (S1).

Descriptions of flint finds are broad, dating to a specific period bracket is ill-advised. However, they may be later Prehistoric, based on find context (S2).

1994: Archaeological desk based assessment was undertaken for the A12 Wickham Market to Saxmundham improvement. The assessment highlighted the large and import Roman site around the Fiveways junction at the southern end of the proposed road improvement, Aswell as five small prehistoric sites, four small medieval sites and four cropmark sites of unknown date close or on the proposed route. In addition the major historic park at Little Glenham and Benhall Lodge Park are noted as landscapes of regional and local importance (S3).