Site Event/Activity record ESF19687 - Evaluation, land adjoining the Smoke House Inn, Beck Row, 2008

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Location

Location MNL 598, Land adjoining Smoke House Inn and Skeltons Drove, Beck Row
Grid reference Centred TL 6926 7782 (345m by 306m)
Map sheet TL67NE
Civil Parish MILDENHALL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

Technique(s)

Organisation

Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service

Date

Not recorded.

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Description

An archaeological evaluation carried out in advance of residential development on land adjoining the Smoke House Inn and Skelton's Drove, Beck Row, identified a substantial phase of Late Iron Age/Roman occupation. The dense spread of features, consisting of a network of ditches and scattered pits, is clearly an extension of the contemporary activity seen at the adjacent excavated site to the north, MNL 502. An absence of features in southern trenches indicated a probable south-eastern boundary to this area of occupation. Further excavation in advance of development has been recommended. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Yes Associated Identifiers: HER event no. MNL 598 Planning Application No. F/2003/1077/OUT and F/2007/0492/RMA Related HER No. MNL 502 Sitecode MNL 598 NMR No. 1479958 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Housing estate Methods and Techniques: Sample Trenches Position in the Planning Process: After full determination (eg. As a condition) Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPG16 Current Land use: Cultivated Land 3 - Operations to a depth more than 0.25m Monument Type(s)/Period(s): DITCH Roman, PIT Roman Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): COIN Roman, BROOCH Roman, POTTERY Roman PROJECT LOCATION Area 5.10 Hectares Grid Reference: TL69147784 Point Height 5.00 - 5.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service, Field Team Director/Manager: John Craven Supervisor: John Craven DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Metal Media: Database, GIS, Images raster / digital photography, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Metal Media: Context sheet, Photograph, Plan, Report, Section PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Metal BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Land adjoining Smoke House Inn and Skelton's Drove, Beck Row, Mildenhall Author(s)/Editor(s): Craven, J.A. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2008/07 Date: 2008 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds Description: SCCAS Evaluation report

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Craven, J.. 2008. Evaluation report. MNL 598 Land adjoining Smoke House Inn and Skelton's Drove, Beck Row, Mildenhall, Mildenhall.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Land Adjoining Smoke House Inn, Skelton's Drove, Beck row, (Un) (Monument)
  • Roman, Land Adjoining Smoke House Inn, Skelton's Drove, Beck row, (Monument)

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Mar 25 2011 5:40PM

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