Monument record TYY 029 - Concentration of burnt flint and excavated features
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TM 628 235 (137m by 117m) (4 map features) |
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Map sheet | TM62SW |
Civil Parish | TRIMLEY ST MARY, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (11)
- BURNT MOUND (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- STRUCTURE (Unknown date)
- POST HOLE (Unknown date)
- FIELD SYSTEM (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PIT (IPS: Early Late Saxon to Medieval - 850 AD to 1539 AD)
- POST HOLE (IPS: Early Late Saxon to Medieval - 850 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUILDING (IPS: Early Late Saxon to Medieval - 850 AD to 1539 AD)
- DITCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FIELD SYSTEM (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FEATURE (Unknown date)
Full Description
1998: Fieldwalking assessment located large (c.150m by 50m) spread of burnt flints plus seven worked flint flakes. Details in (S1).
March 1999: Evaluation trenching located IA (Prehistoric) and Med features and pottery (S2).
Summer/Autumn 1999: Full excavation revealed Prehistoric(?) ditch and finds. Details in (S2)(S3) and to follow. Also regular group of undated postholes and ditch - possible IA or Rom?
One of several similar spreads of burnt flints found in survey - see TYY 026, 028, 030 & 031.
Description from record TYY 029:
March 1999: Evaluation trenching located 'IA' (preh) and Med features and pottery (S1).
Summer/Autumn 1999: Open area excavation (c.2, 500 sq m). Series of ditches recorded and occasional pit with LSax(?) and Med material. Also complex group of Undated postholes, does not appear as a recognisable building - small fenced pens? (S2)(S3).
Description from record TYY 029:
Large NW-SE ditch with connecting SW-NE field boundary/ies. Possibly related to undated parallel ditches and boundaries and structured post hole settings. Details in (S1).
An evaluation was carried out in March, prior to the development of a large container storage area associated with Felixstowe Docks. The site consisted of cultivated fields and covered an area of c.60ha. Evaluation was carried out through the mechanical excavation of trial trenches. This phase of evaluation followed on from an earlier desk-based survey and a programme of systematic fieldwalking. Trenches totalling over 6km in length were excavated revealing five individual sites of archaeological interest:
TYY027 (Area 1): An early medieval manorial site.
TYY029 (Area 2): A small site of possible prehistoric occupation.
TYY026 (Area 3): A large area of Iron Age/Romano-British settlement.
TYY032 (Area 4): An area of medieval and possibly prehistoric occupation.
TYY033 (Area 5): A small Roman site, possibly a temple.
Areas 1, 2 and 3 are situated within the main development area and were subjected to open area excavation during the summer. Post excavation analysis work is still underway and only basic interpretations are included here.
Within Area 1, the medieval manorial site, a series of interconnected ponds, a trackway, at least three buildings, indicated by beam slots and postholes, and small plots/fields, all situated within an apparent enclosure ditch were revealed. Associated field systems were also identified to the east of the main site. Artefactual evidence indicates occupation during the 11th to 13th centuries.
Excavation of Area 2 revealed a series of probable field boundaries dated to the Iron Age and Roman periods. No evidence of actual occupation within the excavated area was identified. Two rows of closely spaced postholes where recorded although no dating evidence was recovered. These possibly represent a fenced droveway or two phases of a fenced boundary.
Area 3 contained a large portion of an Iron Age settlement consisting of dwellings, a trackway, a waterhole and small enclosed plots/fields within a possible enclosure. Two buildings were identified and recorded, one was an Iron Age roundhouse with a square extension to the north-east. The other building recorded was rectangular in shape and constructed with ground beams and posts and probably dates from the Early Roman period. Other groups of postholes which probably represent further buildings were also recorded. Artefactual evidence for possible iron smelting on site was recovered. The site was occupied during the Late Iron Age and Early Roman periods.
Areas 4 and 5 are located within zones allocated for soil storage and a mitigation strategy was devised to ensure that these sites will be preserved undamaged. Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 1999 (S4).
Sources/Archives (8)
- <S1> SSF50056 Unpublished document: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service evaluation report. SCCAS, Newman J, March 1999.
- <M1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: (S1)(S2)(S3).
- <M1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. (S1)(S2)(S3).
- <M1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. (S1).
- <S1> SSF51333 Unpublished document: Abbot, C.. 1998. Archaeological Evaluation at Blofield Hall, Trimley St Mary.
- <S2> SSF61910 Unpublished document: Sommers, M. and Anderson, S.. 1999. Archaeological Excavation Report - Trinirty 2000 Development, Blofield Hall, Trimley St Mary.
- <S3> SSF51659 Unpublished document: Sommers, M.. 2000. Assessment report. Trinity 2000, Blofield Hall, Trimley St Mary.
- <S4> SSF55362 Article in serial: Martin, E.A., Pendleton, C., Plouviez, J. & Thomas, G.. 2000. Archaeology in Suffolk 1999. XXXIX (4).
Finds (6)
- FSF23162: WORKED OBJECT (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)
- FSF23163: POT BOILER (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- FSF28342: POTTERY (Undated)
- FSF28343: POTTERY (IPS: Early Late Saxon to Medieval - 850 AD to 1539 AD)
- FSF28344: ANIMAL REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FSF28350: POTTERY (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
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Record last edited
Aug 5 2024 4:28PM