Boyer, P. and Nichol, M. (2017). Suffolk Business Park (Phase 2), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk: Archaeological Evaluation. Cirencester: Cotswold Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1046192. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Suffolk Business Park (Phase 2), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk: Archaeological Evaluation
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Series:		 Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 An archaeological trial trench evaluation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in June/July 2017 at Suffolk Business Park (Phase 2), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. A total of 101 trial trenches were machine excavated. All machine excavated trenches measured approximately 30m x 1.8m. Thirty trenches contained archaeological features and deposits. The evaluation revealed a surface finds assemblage of worked flint recovered from the topsoil across the site in Field 1 and from sealed deposits of several archaeological features though some of these may have been residual. Sixteen large pits were exposed in various parts of the site, which may have been of prehistoric origin given the flint artefacts recovered from associated contexts and similar features recorded previously, though they may have been more recent, many post-medieval chalk and gravel extraction pits having been recorded in the area. A pit was identified within Trench 9 to the south-west of the site which contained the articulated skeletal remains of up to eight neonate sheep (Ovis aries) (ASK905 and 906). The pit was undated and no other finds were recovered. The long bone length and tooth development indicated gestational age sufficient for full-term. The remains were placed close together and probably on top of each other in the pit. A series of small pits/hearths were also found to the north-east, east and south-west with a concentration in the north-west, suggesting settlement activity located within the vicinity. One of the small pits located in the south-west contained Iron Age pottery. A number of post-medieval ditches were found to the east and south-west with one of the projected ditch alignments to the south-west visible on aerial and historic mapping suggesting the site was utilised as an area of arable field activity. Several tree-throws and modern features were identified, which are likely to have been associated with the functional use of RAF Bury St Edmunds (Rougham) during WW2.
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Author:		 Peter Boyer
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 094 Suffolk Business Park (Phase 2), Rougham
County: Suffolk
District: West Suffolk
Parish: RUSHBROOKE WITH ROUGHAM
Country: England
Grid Reference: 588667, 263773 (Easting, Northing)
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EARLY PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) FLINT (Find)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) FLINT (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) GLASS (Find)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) METAL (Find)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) NEONATE SHEEP (Find)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) TILE (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) NEONATE SHEEP BURIAL (Monus)
EARLY PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SMALL PITS AND HEARTHS (Monus)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SMALL PITS AND HEARTHS (Monus)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) TREE THROWS (Monus)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: cotswold2-286722
OBIB: 17437
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Created Date:		 12 Feb 2018