Monument record WGN 055 - Land South of Mildenhall Road and North East of Worlington Golf Club

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Summary

Evaluation identified thick deposits (in places up to 2m in depth) of peat across the area overlying a natural geology of sand, a single undated ditch and single unstratified lithic implement.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 7037 7356 (47m by 76m) (2 map features)
Map sheet TL77SW
Civil Parish WORLINGTON, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

2014: The evaluation identified thick deposits (in places up to 2m in depth) of peat across the area overlying a natural geology of sand. Narrow swathes of higher ground forming linear sand ridges were encountered in several trenches, suggesting the underlying topography may have been sculpted by glacial or palaeochannel activity. There were no surviving buried soils encountered on site and only a single ditch was revealed cut through one of these sand ridges. A residual late Mesolithic/Early Neolithic flint was found within the ditch fill but no further finds were recovered from either the peat or the surface of the sand ridges (S1).

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <S1> Unpublished document: A Barclay & J Harding. 2014. Archaeological Evaluation Report, Land NE of Worlington Gold Club, Worlington.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jun 19 2020 12:20PM

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