Monument record MNL 1161 - OUTTLINE RECORD: Land west of Mildenhall (PCA) EVL

An initial phase of trial trenching on c.57ha identified multi-period archaeological remains and was successful in ‘ground-truthing’ many of the anomalies identified by a geophysical survey. The earliest identified activity dated from the Mesolithic–Neolithic period and comprised a small pit and associated flint scatter, together providing a moderate-sized assemblage of flint flakes, blades, and retouched tools. Evidence for later prehistoric and Iron Age activity was limited. A farming settlement was established in the early Roman period and appears to have flourished through to the end of the Romano-British period. The focus of the settlement is on the slightly higher ground in the eastern part of the site, at the top of a south-facing slope down to the river Lark. The earlier Roman inhabitants seems to have practised mixed farming but by the late Roman period there is evidence for processing and storage of significant quantities of grain, suggesting an increasingly specialised agricultural economy.
Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2022 (S1)