Monument record KDG 076 - OUTLINE RECORD: Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age activity, Land At Junction of Hall Road and Mills Road (BRIT) EVL

The evaluation revealed several archaeological features placed in two phases (and a single sub-phase) focussed predominantly within the central and eastern portions of the site all dating (by material culture or association) to the Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age. The far western area adjacent to the site entranceway only revealed a post-medieval boundary ditch, largely due to the heavy disturbance of this area in the post-medieval/modern period. The material culture and feature types within trenches 1 through 11 appear to indicate the presence of a reasonably substantial and fairly well-preserved Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age (LBA/EIA) domestic settlement within the site bounds; the presence of archaeological deposits (bar trench 3) spread evenly through the trenches shows no clear focus of activity. An earlier sub-phase comprised of a buried soil deposit hints at activity on site pre-dating the LBA/EIA, with many LBA/EIA features cutting through this established deposit. Ditch alignments during the LBA/EIA period appear to run north to south, possibly forming enclosure boundaries that are either linear in form or expand westward and eastward over time. Pit clusters are present throughout the site. Several LBA/EIA post holes are present, although these post holes form no discernible structure. Gullies within trench 11 may represent the drip gullies of a nearby LBA/EIA structure. The large amounts of LBA/EIA unabraded pottery, butchered animal bone and struck flint alongside environmental evidence retrieved from the features and buried soil on site is suggestive of reasonably established and affluent Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age activity spanning several centuries during this period.
Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2022 (S1)