Site Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at 241 Stowmarket Road, Great Blakenham, Suffolk, April 2021

Colchester Archaeological Trust, 2025. https://doi.org/10.5284/1132992.

Introduction

T1 rep sx - looking southwest
T1 rep sx - looking southwest

This collection comprises reports, images, site records, and CAD files from an archaeological evaluation by trial-trenching. This was carried out by Colchester Archaeological Trust in April 2021 at 241 Stowmarket Road, Great Blakenham, Suffolk.

An archaeological evaluation (five trial-trenches) was carried out in advance of the construction of four detached dwellings, with parking, private access drive and landscaping.

Close to the development site, several find scatters (Roman, Anglo-Saxon and post-medieval) have been uncovered. There is also a large amount of cropmarks nearby, including a curvilinear enclosure ditch. Despite the site's location, only three features were recorded, two modern in date and one post-medieval.

As per the WSI (appended to this report) 5% of the development site was sampled. Five trenches were excavated, four of which were located within the footprints of the proposed buildings. All trenches were 12m long and 1.8m wide.