Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Bull Lane, Long Melford, February 2016
Archaeology South-East, 2023. https://doi.org/10.5284/1105521. How to cite using this DOI
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- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1105521
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Introduction
This collection comprises images, a site plan, spreadsheet data, a survey statement and scanned site drawings from an archaeological evaluation by trial trenching on land south of Bull Lane, Long Melford, Suffolk. Work was commissioned by CgMs Consulting and undertaken by Archaeology South-East in February 2016.
The evaluation was carried out in relation to a proposed residential development and was the second phase of investigation, following a geophysical survey conducted in 2015. Fifteen evaluation trenches were excavated at targeted locations across the 2.8ha site.
Medieval features, comprising several ditches and a quantity of pits/postholes were located in the central and eastern parts of the site, with a possible concentration in its north-east. A possible midden layer was also identified in this area. Post-medieval ditches, including one identified as a field boundary shown on 19thcentury maps, probably denote the presence of multiphase agricultural enclosure systems extending across the site.
