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Land West of Mill House, The Street, Darsham, Suffolk |
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Archaeological Solutions Ltd unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
In March 2014 Archaeological Solutions Ltd (AS) carried out an archaeological trial trench evaluation in compliance with a planning condition attached to planning approval for the construction of 15 dwellings on land west of Mill House, The Street, Darsham, Suffolk (NGR TM 414 701). The evaluation was required by Suffolk Coastal District Council and based on advice from Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Conservation Team (SCC AS-CT) (Planning Approval Ref: DC/13/2489/OUT). The majority of the features recorded during the evaluation were located in approximately the north-eastern quadrant of the site, and the medieval (11th - 14th century) features were wholly within this quadrant. Principally the features were ditches, and the medieval ditches were roughly perpendicular to each other. Four pits were recorded. Those within Trench 1 (F1003 and F1005) were slight and undated. Pits F1003 and F1005 were directly comparable and each contained burnt cremated bone; the features are undated but may represent prehistoric cremations. The features within Trenches 5 (F1020) and 6 (F1022 and F1024) contained medieval pottery. The medieval pottery occurred in small numbers (1 - 4 sherds), but three features (Pit F1020 and Ditch F1026 (Tr.5), and Ditch F1028 (Tr.6) contained 208, 23 and 164 sherds respectively. CBM, animal bone and shell were also present within the medieval assemblages. Sparse struck flint was also found. A fragment of a copper alloy post-medieval spur was found on the spoil heap derived from Trench 6. |
Author: |
James Fairclough
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Publisher: |
Archaeological Solutions Ltd
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Suffolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2014
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DARSHAM |
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Suffolk Coastal |
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DAR 030: Land West of Mill House, The Street |
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Suffolk |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 641400, 270100 (Easting, Northing)
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archaeol7-174127 |
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Archaeological Solutions Report No. 4535 |
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01 Feb 2018 |