Wells, T. (2021). Excavations at Galloper Offshore Wind Farm (Onshore Works) Archive Research Report. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1090262. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Excavations at Galloper Offshore Wind Farm (Onshore Works) Archive Research Report
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Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1090262
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Abstract:		 Between 2011 and 2016, Wessex Archaeology carried out a programme of trial trenching, area excavation and watching briefs in association with the onshore elements of the Galloper Offshore Wind Farm development. The investigated area coincided with the footprint of the new onshore substation, located between Leiston and Sizewell, some 1 km from the Suffolk coast, as well as the cable route linking it to the landfall site on Sizewell beach. The works revealed little evidence for activity during earlier prehistoric periods, although a cluster of pits and other features seem to be indicative of Early Iron Age occupation. One of the pits was notable due to the large quantity (over 6 kg) of pottery and fired clay found in its upper fill. Several undated ditches may represent the fragmentary remains of a late prehistoric field system. The principal findings of the investigations relate to the early and mid-Romano-British period, with an extensive system of conjoined enclosures and trackways periodically modified and abandoned after the mid-3rd century AD. Four cremation graves, dating to the late 1st to mid-2nd centuries AD, were also found near the margins of the enclosure complex. Although the enclosures are thought to have largely been used for agricultural purposes - particularly livestock management - there were also indications of contemporary occupation, possibly the remains of a farmstead. The unexpected almost total absence of post-Roman remains seems to suggest the westward expansion of medieval Sizewell was constrained, to the south, by the route of Sizewell Gap
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Author:		 T Wells
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Publisher:		 Wessex Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Suffolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2021
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District: Suffolk Coastal
Site: LCS 161 Galloper Offshore Wind Farm (Onshore Works)
Parish: LEISTON
Country: England
County: Suffolk
Grid Reference: 646615, 262725 (Easting, Northing)
Grid Reference: 647116, 262561 (Easting, Northing)
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WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
EXCAVATION (Event)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
IRON (Find)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
EARLY PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)
WINDOW GLASS (Object England)
QUERN STONE FRAGMENT (Find)
FLINT SCRAPER (Find)
ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
PIT (Monument Type England)
BURIAL URN (Object England)
POTTERY SHERD (Find)
TEGULA (Object England)
CREMATION BURIAL (Monument Type England)
BRIQUETAGE (Object England)
HUMAN REMAINS (Object England)
COIN (Object England)
FLAKE (Object England)
FLINT BLADE CORE (Find)
DITCH (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-430106
OBIB: Ref: 104811.08
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Note:		 SCCAS requested Archive Report, Pdf A4 format , including Tables, Plates and A3 Figures.
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Project archive: https://doi.org/10.5284/1093228
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Created Date:		 29 Oct 2021