Adams, D. (2013). Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation of Land Adjacent to The Green, Barrow Suffolk. NAU Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1039404. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation of Land Adjacent to The Green, Barrow Suffolk
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Series:		 NAU Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Archaeological evaluation of Land Adjacent to The Green, Barrow Suffolk was conducted by NPS Archaeology for Hopkins Homes Ltd. ahead of proposed residential development at the site. Desk Based Assessment indicated that the site lay within an area of likely archaeological interest. Evaluation of three of the proposed 13 trenches was not possible at this stage. The most significant archaeological remains revealed were ditches in the east of the site that contained artefacts of Romano-British date. Perhaps serving as boundary and drainage ditches, the occurrence of daub, faunal remains, charcoal and a small quantity of ceramicssuggested they lay close to Romano-British occupation. A small quantity of lava quern from one of these features along with charred grains suggests cereal processing occurred at the site during this period. Cattle remains from meat consumption were also present. A small number of possible post-holes might belong to this period, though these were undated. Taken as a whole these ditches and artefacts suggest these remains are of some sort of agrarian settlement of Romano-British date, perhaps a small farmstead. The retrieval of a single sherd of Middle or Late Iron Age pottery hints at possible earlier activity at the site. A post-medieval ditch contained a single sherd of late medieval/transitional pottery which might indicate an earlier origin - the ditch appears to have drained into a pond. Waterlogged conditions were prevalent in the far east of the evaluation with groundwater present in several trenches across the site. No evidence was provided for medieval settlement which might have been expected considering the nature and location of the site. Romano British activity seems to have been confined to the east of the site and any further archaeological works would be usefully focused on an area broadly to the east of Evaluation Trench 8.
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Author:		 David Adams ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 NAU 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 The Green
County: Suffolk
District: West Suffolk
Parish: BARROW
Country: England
Grid Reference: 576530, 263580 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) FIRED CLAY (Find)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) POT (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POT (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POT (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) POT (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) POND? (Monus)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: norfolka1-151828
OBIB: Report 2013/1145
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Note:		 A4 paper, double-sided, colour-printed, spiral-bound; PDF
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Created Date:		 01 Feb 2018