Bescoby, D. and Muir, T. (2017). Former Sugar Beet Factory, Sproughton, Suffolk. Hertford: Archaeological Solutions Ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1053500. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Former Sugar Beet Factory, Sproughton, Suffolk
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Series:		 Archaeological Solutions Ltd unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 In November 2017 Archaeological Solutions (AS) carried out an archaeological excavation and Geoarchaeological test pit on land at the former Sugar Beet Factory, Sproughton. The excavation recorded the full extent of the ring gully, including a sterile pit at its centre, but did not reveal any evidence for the previously excavated oven. The ring gully may have formed part of a roundhouse or similar structure, but two flint blades were recovered and this gully may equally represent the remains of an early Bronze Age ring ditch. A small undated rectilinear enclosure was also identified to the west of the gully, but it was very ephemeral and possibly aligned with post-medieval field boundaries that extend down the river valley slope. Three undated pits were also excavated. A geoarchaeological test pit recorded a sand and gravel sequence reflecting a periglacial environment and deposits associated with braided channel systems during a cold climatic phase. A thin possible coversand is potentially interpreted as a flood deposit away from the main channels.
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Author:		 D Bescoby
T Muir
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Publisher:		 Archaeological Solutions Ltd
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Suffolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2017
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Site: Former Sugar Beet Factory
County: Suffolk
District: Babergh
Parish: SPROUGHTON
Country: England
Grid Reference: 613500, 244800 (Easting, Northing)
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LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
PALAEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) RING GULLY (Monus)
TEST PIT (Event)
EXCAVATION (Event)
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OASIS Id: archaeol7-304793
OBIB: Archaeological Solutions Report No. 5492
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Created Date:		 17 Jun 2019