Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at Adastral Park, Martlesham, Suffolk, 2021

Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd, 2024. https://doi.org/10.5284/1124867.

Introduction

North facing general shot
North facing general shot

This digital archive comprises of images, site records and report data from an archaeological evaluation at Land South and East of Adastral Park, Martlesham, Suffolk. The work was undertaken by Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd, between 25th October and 12th November 2021.

In Area A, nine evaluation trenches were excavated to supplement an earlier stage of trial trenching undertaken by Suffolk County Council Archaeology Service in 2008. The trenches were located near the remains of a prehistoric barrow, in areas where it was considered that archaeological remains may be encountered. Despite the apparent potential, no archaeological remains were encountered in the trenches.

In Area D, excavation revealed three ring ditches (Ring Ditches A-C), the surviving remains of a small Early Anglo-Saxon barrow cemetery. There were no human remains, in the form of inhumations or cremations, associated with the ring ditches, such remains having been lost due to plough truncation and the acidity of the sandy soils. A radiocarbon date obtained from charcoal taken from a posthole associated with Ring Ditch A provided a date range of 535-605calAD at 95.4% probability for the monument. Four undated pits or postholes, two probable tree throw hollows and a ditch of probable modern date were also recorded. This was not collected in OASIS IV when this record was originally created