Monument record FRK 078 - Hundred Acre Farm, Freckenham/Red Lodge

2003: Phase 1 and 2 evaluations revealed no features or finds (S3) (S4).

2005: 50 flints picked up during metal detector rally, mainly flakes but some blades and two cores, (S1) Five sherds post medieval pottery and two abraded sherds of Roman pottery. Previously FRK Misc

Sept 2005: Phase 3 evaluation revealed no features and the only finds were a few unstratified worked flints (S5)(S6)

2005: Phase 4 evaluation revealed no features or finds (S6).

2006:The desk-based assessment highlighted the moderate potential for archaeological remains from the prehistoric, specifically Bronze Age, period. A number of barrows and barrow sites are known in the immediate and wider area, one potentially on the actual site (FRK 008). Other prehistoric spot finds and scatters suggest transitory activity during this time. The Iron Age through to Saxon era saw relatively little activity, and although the wider area saw some activity in the medieval period, Red Lodge was not extensively settled until the modern period. However the lack of archaeological investigations in the general area may be a primary reason for gaps in the archaeological record. Red Lodge originated as an inn on the Turnpike Road from Newmarket to Thetford. It was not considered a village until it was made a civil parish in 1987, having previously fallen within the parish of Freckenham. Hundred Acre Farm, which has 19th century origins, is the only other pre-20th century building in the village and appears to have had no precursors. Use of the land for warrens and agricultural purposes in the last 300 years would have caused minor damage to any deep archaeological remains, although the shallow subsoils and any archaeology therein would have suffered greatly (S7).

An archaeological trial trench evaluation was carried out on Phase V of the development at Hundred Acre Farm. A total of five trial trenches were excavated totalling 200m. The trenches were excavated to a depth between 0.32m and 0.42m. No archaeological finds or features were identified during the evaluation (S9).