Cotswold Archaeology (2013). Land adjacent to Ellough Airfield, Beccles, Suffolk. Cirencester: Cotswold Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1034717. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land adjacent to Ellough Airfield, Beccles, Suffolk
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Series:		 Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 The evaluation revealed part of a medieval ditch system, with some evidence for settlement, in the north-western part of the site. Pottery from the ditches dates the activity to the 12th to 14th centuries, the date being consistent with that of the medieval remains previously investigated in the area of Bernard Matthews turkey farm, c. 250m to the south-east. The remains of a post-medieval/modern field system were identified, the ditches corresponding to linear anomalies identified by an earlier geophysical survey. The field boundaries are shown on 19th and 20th-centruy maps of the site; however, it is likely that some of the ditches pre-date the 18th and 19th-century Enclosure Acts, although no archaeological evidence was found to date them prior to this period. Within the site, the field boundaries, along with Potter's Farm and a section of Benacre Road, were removed in c. 1942, when RAF Beccles was constructed for the United States Army Air Force. The construction of the airfield had had a significant impact on the site, with extensive topographical modification noted across much of the eastern field. Other than modern ground disturbance and drains, no other evidence for the former airfield was noted in any of the trenches, although parts of the runway beyond the site's boundary have been retained and used to provide hardstanding for industrial units. The remains of the former route of Benacre Road and rubble associated with the demolished farm were recorded in the eastern field.
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Author:		 Cotswold Archaeology
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Publisher:		 Cotswold Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Suffolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2013
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Site: Land adjacent to Ellough Airfield, Beccles, Suffolk
County: Suffolk
District: East Suffolk
Parish: ELLOUGH
Country: England
Grid Reference: 645240, 287920 (Easting, Northing)
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MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) FIELD SYSTEM (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) WWII AIRFIELD (Monus)
FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT) (Event)
TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY (Event)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: cotswold2-187975
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Created Date:		 01 Feb 2018