Leslie, I. and Edmondson, G. (2018). Proposed Mobile Home Park, Skeltons Drove, Beck Row, Mildenhall, Suffolk: Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation. Bedford: Albion Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1109879. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Proposed Mobile Home Park, Skeltons Drove, Beck Row, Mildenhall, Suffolk: Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation
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Abstract:		 Forest Heath District Council granted planning permission for the change of use of the existing scrap yard to a mobile home park at Skeltons Drove, Beck Row, Mildenhall, Suffolk A total of nine trenches were opened to sample the site. Initially the three trenches in the Southern Land Parcel were investigated. A range of features including gullies as well as pits and postholes was revealed, suggesting that there is potentially good preservation of archaeological remains in this area. All of these features were undated with only a small quantity of animal bone being recovered from peat deposits within a hollow in Trench 3. Subsequently six trenches in the Northern Land Parcel were opened, revealing relatively thick overburden, generally ranging from 0.4 to 0.5m. The main features were a series of ditches and gulleys defining a continuation of the NE-SW aligned system initially revealed in the Southern Land Parcel. These features are undated and appear to be associated with agricultural activity, possibly in relatively recent times, as indicated by the lack of mineralization of the fills. A small number of possibly earlier, more substantial ditches were revealed in Trenches 6, 7 and 8. Again, these were undated, suggesting that they were remote from any focus of contemporary human activity. A small number of other features were identified comprising a short alignment of three post holes and an isolated pit; these were also undated. Overall, the evidence gives the impression of low-level, peripheral activity of uncertain date. This is of low analytical significance, whilst the thickness of overburden would probably protect the deposits from the main impacts of the development.
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Author:		 I Leslie
G Edmondson
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Publisher:		 Albion Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2018
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Parish: Thetford
District: Breckland
Country: England
County: Norfolk
Grid Reference: 587268, 283660 (Easting, Northing)
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DITCH (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN DITCH (Tag)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: albionar1-305545
OBIB: 2018/71
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Created Date:		 11 Jul 2023