Newton, A. A. (2021). Excavation at Gallows Hill, Gipping Valley, Suffolk. Wardell Armstrong Consulting Group. https://doi.org/10.5284/1116575. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Excavation at Gallows Hill, Gipping Valley, Suffolk
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Series:		 Wardell Armstrong Archaeology unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1116575
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Abstract:		 The mechanical stripping of each excavation area was undertaken under close archaeological supervision using a tracked mechanical 360º excavator fitted with a toothless ditching bucket. Thereafter all further investigation was undertaken by hand. The supervision of the mechanical stripping of the topsoil was combined with metal detecting. Following the site strip the features were demarcated with canes to ensure the features remained visible and were subject to base planning using a Leica TCR805 Reflectorless Total Station EDM. Once the plan was complete a review meeting was held with SCC AS-CT and Phoenix Consulting Archaeology to agree a strategy for the excavation. Further review meetings were undertaken as the excavation progressed. Archaeological investigations have been carried out on the site since 1990 when an initial phase of aerial photo assessment (Merrony 1990), fieldwalking, metal-detecting and geophysical survey was undertaken (Symonds 1990). More recently the aerial photographic survey was updated (Palmer 2002) and a full trial trench evaluation has been conducted (Boulter 2002). Excavation has revealed multi-period occupation of this small part of the Gipping valley. The data recovered during excavation provides the basis for a detailed study of the way that this riverine landscape was utilised over a prolonged period. The earliest evidence for human occupation of the area consisted of possible Mesolithic struck flint mainly present as residual or unstratified material. More significant evidence of human utilisation of this landscape occurred in the early Neolithic, in the form of a small group of cut features. A small number of late Neolithic and early Bronze Age features attest to continued occupation of this landscape, albeit on a possibly seasonal or episodic basis. Only a single feature of Iron Age date was identified during excavation. Evidence for Roman activity was limited to features which indicated that the site formed part of the undeveloped, possibly agricultural, hinterland of the Roman settlement of Combretovium. Evidence from Excavation Phases 1 and 2 appeared to consist of activity at the periphery of the Roman settlement. Extensive dispersed Anglo-Saxon activity was recorded with eight SFBs, complemented by a further 4 recorded during the previous excavation phases, several associated features and an unusual figure-of-eight ditch arrangement. Several undated posthole structures may be associated with this activity. Subsequently, there appeared to be a decline in activity at this location in the Saxo-Norman and medieval periods.
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Author:		 Andrew A Newton ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 Wardell Armstrong Consulting Group
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Other Person/Org:		 Suffolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2021
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District: Mid Suffolk
County: Suffolk
Parish: Needham Market
Country: England
Grid Reference: 610598, 253600 (Easting, Northing)
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DITCH (Monument Type England)
MICROLITH (Object England)
EARLY NEOLITHIC PIT (Tag)
EARLY MEDIEVAL POST BUILT STRUCTURE (Tag)
EARLY NEOLITHIC LEAF ARROWHEAD (Tag)
MESOLITHIC MICROLITH (Tag)
BLADE CORE (Object England)
BLADE (Object England)
ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
MEDIEVAL ANIMAL REMAINS (Tag)
CYLINDRICAL BLADE CORE (Object England)
ROMAN POT (Tag)
POST BUILT STRUCTURE (Monument Type England)
KEELED CORE (Object England)
POST EXCAVATION ASSESSMENT (Event)
POT (Object England)
PIT (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL POT (Tag)
NEOLITHIC LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Tag)
LATE NEOLITHIC PIT (Tag)
EARLY NEOLITHIC CYLINDRICAL BLADE CORE (Tag)
LATE NEOLITHIC POT (Tag)
EARLY BRONZE AGE PIT (Tag)
LATE NEOLITHIC KEELED CORE (Tag)
EARLY MEDIEVAL ANIMAL REMAINS (Tag)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
GRUBENHAUS (Monument Type England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE POT (Tag)
ROMAN DITCH (Tag)
EARLY NEOLITHIC BLADE (Tag)
LEAF ARROWHEAD (Object England)
EARLY NEOLITHIC BLADE CORE (Tag)
EARLY MEDIEVAL GRUBENHAUS (Tag)
EARLY NEOLITHIC POT (Tag)
ROMAN ANIMAL REMAINS (Tag)
EARLY MEDIEVAL DITCH (Tag)
EARLY BRONZE AGE ANIMAL REMAINS (Tag)
MEDIEVAL DITCH (Tag)
LATE NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
EARLY NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
MESOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: wardella2-503015
Report id: BE10068/0001
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Created Date:		 21 Dec 2023