Hicks, E. (2021). Archaeological evaluation on land south of Darsham Station, Darsham, Suffolk, IP17 3PH: September 2021. Colchester Archaeological Trust. https://doi.org/10.5284/1097588. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological evaluation on land south of Darsham Station, Darsham, Suffolk, IP17 3PH: September 2021
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Series:		 Colchester Archaeological Trust online report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1097588
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Abstract:		 Sixty-seven trial-trenches were laid out across the development site. The trenches were 20m-30m long by 1.8m wide (totalling 3,546m²), providing a 5% sample of the site. There was sufficient excavation to give evidence for the period, depth and nature of all archaeological deposits. For linear features 1m wide sections were excavated across their width to a total of 10% of the overall length. Discrete features, such as pits, were 50% excavated. There were no complex archaeological structures. An archaeological evaluation (sixty-seven trial-trenches) was carried out on land south of Darsham Station, Darsham, Suffolk in advance of the proposed construction of 110 new dwellings with associated infrastructure. Sixty-three features were uncovered during this investigation: twenty-five ditches, twenty-three pits, seven postholes, six gullies, a charcoal-rich pit and a ditch or pit. An evaluation carried out along the eastern and southern borders of the site in 2018 revealed a single prehistoric ditch. Further prehistoric remains were similarly found during this evaluation, including a ditch and pits, but the main period of activity here occurred during the 12th to the 14th century, during which time a small low-status domestic settlement existed here, which appears to be focused to the NW of the site fronting the A12 (as with other contemporary sites identified to the north), although, a large amount of daub was recorded in another trench in the south of the site. A number of post-medieval and modern features features likely associated with agricultural activity were also excavated, including two ditches which are depicted on late 19th-century Ordnance Survey mapping of the area.
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Author:		 E Hicks
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Publisher:		 Colchester Archaeological Trust
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Year of Publication:		 2021
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Parish: Darsham
County: Suffolk
Country: England
District: East Suffolk
Grid Reference: 640308, 269310 (Easting, Northing)
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TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
DITCH (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL DITCH (Tag)
PIT (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL PIT (Tag)
BOUNDARY DITCH (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL BOUNDARY DITCH (Tag)
VESSEL (Object England)
MEDIEVAL VESSEL (Tag)
ROTARY QUERN (Object England)
MEDIEVAL ROTARY QUERN (Tag)
RUBBISH PIT (Monument Type England)
IRON AGE RUBBISH PIT (Tag)
CERAMIC (Object England)
IRON AGE CERAMIC (Tag)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: colchest3-424784
Report id: CAT Report 1711
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Created Date:		 19 Jul 2022