Site Event/Activity record ESF18821 - Evaluation - Reservoir adjacent to Benacre Park Farm

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Location

Location Reservoir adjacent to Benacre Park Farm, Benacre
Grid reference Centred TM 5047 8333 (303m by 209m)
Map sheet TM58SW
Civil Parish BENACRE, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

Technique(s)

Organisation

Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

A trial trench evaluation was carried out in advance of the construction of an agricultural irrigation reservoir. Thirty-three trenches and a small open area were excavated (with a total excavated area of 2540sqm). Topsoil was a soft mid greyish brown clayey loam that was encountered across the whole site at a depth of c0.15m-0.4m (S1).

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <S1> Unpublished document: Gardner, R.. 2004. Evaluation Report - Reservoir Adjacent to Benacre Park Farm, Benacre.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Prehistoric pits and post-medieval ditches, Reservoir adjacent to Benacre Park Farm (Monument)
  • Reservoir adjacent to Benacre Park Farm, Benacre, (Mesolithic-Later Prehistoric). (Monument)

Record last edited

Jun 22 2022 1:51PM

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