Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Sandy Lane, Woodbridge, Suffolk, May 2016
Archaeology South-East, 2023. https://doi.org/10.5284/1105624. How to cite using this DOI
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- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1105624
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Introduction
This collection comprises images, a site plan, spreadsheets and a survey statement from an archaeological evaluation at Land off Sandy Lane, Woodbridge. Work was undertaken by Archaeology South-East in May 2016 in advance of determination of a planning application.
The site straddled the dry- and wetland divide in this part of the Deben valley, marked by an east/west bank/scarp that bisected it. Part of the site had previously investigated within the East Anglia One cable route and had been subject to geophysical survey prior to this trial-trenching.
Archaeological features were recorded in 23 of the 29 excavated trenches, representing a low density/complexity scatter of remains across the site. A very small quantity of residual struck flint artefacts suggests some activity of Mesolithic to Early Neolithic date in the vicinity of the site. A single pit of later prehistoric date, a pit of late Iron Age or Roman date and a Roman ditch were also identified. However, much of the archaeological activity recorded was undated, and comprised pits, ditches, gullies and a single posthole.
A short section of wall of AD1500 date was identified within the west of the site and a ditch containing CBM of the same date was located towards the east edge of the site. Peat deposits within a possible palaeochannel, identified running roughly east to west across the south of the site demonstrated a good survival of waterlogged material and have a high potential to yield palaeoenvironmental remains.
