Site Event/Activity record ESF21214 - Palaeoenvironmental assessment, Stowmarket Relief Road

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Location

Location Stowmarket Relief Road
Grid reference Centred TM 6053 2587 (5m by 4m)
Map sheet TM62NW
Civil Parish STOWMARKET, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

Technique(s)

Organisation

Birmingham Archaeo-Environmental

Date

Not recorded.

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Description

Analysis of sediment samples from peat deposits c4.5m deep from a borehole excavated on the line of the Stowmarket Relief Road was undertaken. Pollen, plant and bettle remains were extracted from the peat, while three samples were radiocarbon dates.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Unpublished document: Hopla, E-J, Gearey, B., Tetlow, E. and Grinter, P.. 2009. Palaeoenvironmental assessment of deposits from the River Gipping floodplain, Stowmarket Relief Road, Suffolk.
  • --- Unpublished document: Gearey, B., Grinter, P. and Gearey, B.. The Holocene fluvial development of the River Gipping, Stowmarket, Suffolk from Coleoptera and Plant Macrofossil Analyses.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Stowmarket Relief Road (Monument)

Record last edited

Mar 21 2024 10:47AM

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