Nichol, M. (2017). Suffolk Business Park, Rougham Site, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, Phase 1: Archaeological Evaluation. Cirencester: Cotswold Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1046173. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Suffolk Business Park, Rougham Site, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, Phase 1: Archaeological Evaluation
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Series:		 Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in April 2017 at Suffolk Business Park, Rougham Site, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Forty-eight trial trenches out of a specified fifty-one trenches were machine excavated within four fields; twenty-two trenches contained archaeological features. The evaluation revealed a surface find assemblage of worked flint recovered from the topsoil in Fields 1-4 and from sealed deposits of several archaeological features but are likely to be residual. Numerous tree-throws were also found, one of which located in Field 1 revealed an assemblage of worked flint indicative of temporary prehistoric settlement activity. Several ditches located to the north-east and to the south-east parts of the site in Field 1 and 2 contained an assemblage of Romano-British domestic pottery suggesting they likely represent evidence for rural settlement. A number of medieval and post-medieval ditches and pits were also found, suggesting the site was utilised as an area of arable fields with tentative evidence suggesting settlement activity located within the vicinity. One of the projected ditch alignments is visible on aerial and historic mapping. Two large quarry pits, indicative of industry were identified to the north-west in Field 4 and are likely to date to the late historic period; many chalk and gravel extraction pits have been recorded in the area. It is also possible that these pits may represent naturally infilled sinkholes, caused by the subsidence of the natural chalk geology. Modern pit features were also identified which are likely to be associated with the functional use of RAF Bury St Edmunds (Rougham) during WW2. Several isolated but undated shallow pits and hearths were also found in Field 1, 2 and 4.
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Author:		 M Nichol
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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:		 2017
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Site: RGH 096 Suffolk Business Park (East), Rougham
County: Suffolk
District: West Suffolk
Parish: RUSHBROOKE WITH ROUGHAM
Country: England
Grid Reference: 589433, 263950 (Easting, Northing)
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MESOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) BURNT FLINT (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CERAMIC (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Object England)
EARLY NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) FLINT (Find)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) FLINT (Find)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) FLINT (Find)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) IRON (Find)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) AIRFIELD (Monument Type England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) QUARRY PIT (Monus)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) TREE THROW (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: cotswold2-278603
OBIB: 17258
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Created Date:		 12 Feb 2018