Site Event/Activity record ESF20153 - Excavation, Base Perimeter Road, RAF Mildenhall

An archaeological excavation was carried out on land to the north of the runway on RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk. An 8m wide strip was excavated prior to the construction of a new perimeter road. This uncovered evidence of pits and ditches of Iron Age and Roman date, forming possible rectilinear field systems and other intermittent activity. The most substantial level of activity appears to have occurred in the 2nd - 3rd century. The finds and environmental evidence, notably pottery, animal bone and environmental samples, suggests an agrarian site that was not located close to the main settlement. Low levels of natural and man-made intrusions had slightly disturbed the archaeological levels. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: Related HER No. MNL 600 Sitecode MNL 600 NMR No. 1521295 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: Full excavation Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPG16 Current Land use: Grassland Heathland 5 - Character undetermined Monument Type(s)/Period(s): PITS Roman, DITCHES Iron Age , PITS Iron Age , LAYERS Late Prehistoric, POSTHOLES Roman, POSTHOLES Iron Age , DITCHES Roman Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): HAIR PIN Roman, COPPER ALLOY SHEET Roman, IRON OBJECT Post Medieval , BURNT FLINT Uncertain, LITHIC IMPLEMENTS Late Prehistoric, QUERN Roman, POTTERY Post Medieval , POTTERY Early Medieval , ANIMAL BONE Uncertain, POTTERY Late Prehistoric, POTTERY Roman PROJECT LOCATION Area 1136.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TL67827711 Point Height 5.00 - 7.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Jude Plouviez Director/Manager: Andrew Tester Supervisor: and Andy Beverton DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Environmental, Metal, Survey, Worked stone/lithics, other Media: Images raster / digital photography, Spreadsheets, Survey, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: other Media: Context sheet, Correspondence, Notebook - Excavation, Research, General Notes, Photograph, Plan, Report, Section PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Metal, Worked stone/lithics BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: MNL 600 Base Perimeter Road, Mildenhall Author(s)/Editor(s): Brooks, R. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS REPORT No. 2010/030 Date: 2010 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds Description: A4, ring bound, white cover