Monument record FRK 092 - OUTLINE RECORD: Isleham-Mildenhall Pipeline (FW and EVAL) NAU

A fieldwalking survey, aerial photograph analysis, palaeoenvironmental survey, trial trenching, excavation and watching brief were carried out along the proposed route of the pipeline. Fieldwalking finds consisted of Roman, Saxon, medieval and post-medieval pottery, as well as ceramic building material, worked flint, metal artefacts and coins. These were found throughout the pipeline route and a concentration of Roman finds, including a number of coins, was discovered at the eastern end of the fieldwalking corridor (Field 10; TL/6975).
A possible flint surface discovered to the north of the River Lark (Field 7; TL/6874) was found to probably be naturally deposited colluvium. A human mandible and a number of pits and linear features were also found during this excavation. Remains of parts of a Roman co-axial field system were found in the vicinity of the northern bank of the River Lark and at the eastern end of the pipeline route (Field 10; TL/6975). The excavations at the eastern end of the pipeline route also uncovered Roman beam-slots, post-holes and pits. (S1).