Monument record PKM 072 - Undated ditch or pit and lithic scatter AW PIPELINE Trench 131 (NPS)

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Summary

An undated ditch or pit and six worked flint flakes were identified during evaluation trenching for an Anglian Water pipeline

Location

Grid reference	Centred TL 592 267 (2m by 1m)
Map sheet	TL52NE
Civil Parish	PAKENHAM, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

2012: Evaluation trenching revealed a probable ditch terminus or elongated pit. The feature was 0.80m wide and 0.35m deep. No dating evidence was recovered from the feature. Six worked flint flakes were recovered from the topsoil. The feature does not correspond with any features on the 1st Ordnance Survey map indicating a probable earlier date (S1).

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

Sources/Archives (2)

<S1> SSF55975 Unpublished document: Crawley, P.. 2014. Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation, on the route of Anglian Water Bury PZ - Barnham Cross to Little Welnetham Treated Water Main.
<S2> SSF55627 Article in serial: Brudenell, M. & Plouviez, J.. 2014. Archaeology in Suffolk 2013. XXXXIII (2).

Finds (1)

FSF42953: LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)

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None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Event - Intervention: Evaluation - Bury PZ - Barnham Cross to Little Welnetham Treated Water Main (Ref: OASIS-norfolka1-152507) (ESF23373)

Record last edited

Aug 8 2024 10:18AM