Monument record HGH 058 - 19th century post-mill, bronze age waterhole and medieval enclosures, undated features Land at Green Road, Haughley (AS) GEO (PCA) EVL

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Summary

19th century post-mill, bronze age waterhole, medieval enclosures and undated pits and ditches.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 0285 6246 (160m by 372m)
Map sheet TM06SW
Civil Parish HAUGHLEY, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

Trial trench evaluation and excavation were carried out in advance of housing development. This identified four areas of significant archaeological remains, which were subsequently excavated. In Area 1, the remains of a 19th century post-mill, ‘Mere Windmill’, were excavated, along with associated ancillary buildings and surfaces. In Area 2, a pair of undated parallel boundary ditches were excavated. These boundaries were respected by a subsequent late Saxon to early medieval (c. 11th century) enclosure, probably used for managing livestock. Area 3 targeted a small undated pit found during the evaluation; an undated ditch was excavated. Area 4 was focused on a large later Bronze Age waterhole found during the evaluation. The lower fills of this feature contained a concentration of burnt flint pebbles, presumably waste material from nearby activities involving the use of hot stones to heat water from the waterhole. Column samples from the pond fills contained pollen, which indicated an open, probably pastoral, landscape from at least the Late Bronze Age, which may have become more intensively grazed during the Iron Age. The waterhole was truncated by an east to west early medieval ditch (S1) (S2).

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <S1> Article in serial: Minter, F., Rolfe, J. and De Leo, A.. 2020. Archaeology in Suffolk 2019, Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History.
  • <S2> Unpublished document: 2019. Archaeological Evaluation: Land South of Green Road, Haughley, Suffolk.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Sep 23 2025 1:54PM

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