Monument record BNH 094 - Single post-medieval pit: AW PIPELINE -Trench 5 (NPS)

Pit measured 8.15m across north to south and was observed to extend beyond the western and eastern limits of the trench. The recorded depth was 0.30m. Where the sides were observed, they were irregular and cut through the very soft sand which formed the natural substratum. The single fill was a mottled light greyish brown slightly silty sand which contained frequent amounts of dumped refuse. Fragments of oyster shell, animal bone and a D-shaped curved iron bar were recovered from the pit. The pit probably represented a large refuse pit. None of the artefactual evidence recovered can provide a date for the feature but a medieval or post-medieval date seems most likely (S1).

Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2013 (S2)