Site Event/Activity record ESF21216 - Excavation - Areas A and D, Land off Moulton Road, Newmarket

In January 2007, Archaeological Solutions carried out two small open area excavations on land off Moulton Road, Newmarket, Suffolk (NGR TL 6660 6420 (Area A) and TL 6820 6435 (Area D)). The excavations focused on areas of archaeological potential identified during the trial trench evaluation of the site. Excavation Area A (20m x 20m) was centred on Pit F1010 in Evaluation Trench 6; Excavation Area D (30m x 30m) was centred on the findspot of a Bronze Age Collared Urn (Context 1004) found in Trench 11. The excavation found three archaeological features, all located in Area A. All were shallow and contained little dating evidence. A moderate assemblage of late Neolithic/early Bronze Age pottery recovered from the subsoil in the area suggested that prehistoric features had been truncated by post-medieval agricultural activity. The Area D excavation revealed no archaeological features and no further evidence of Bronze Age funerary or settlement activity. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future No Associated Identifiers: Contracting Unit No. 2768 Sitecode MUN023 (Area A) Sitecode MUN025 (Area D) Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: Part Excavation Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPG16 Site status: None Current Land use: Cultivated Land 4 - Character Undetermined Monument Type(s)/Period(s): HEARTH Uncertain, GULLY Post Medieval , PIT/ POST HOLE Late Prehistoric Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Early Bronze Age , POTTERY Late Neolithic, TILE Post Medieval , STRUCK FLINT Late Prehistoric PROJECT LOCATION Area 195.00 Hectares Grid References: TL66606420 Point, TL68206435 Point Height 73.00 - 83.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Organisation: Archaeological Solutions Ltd Brief originator: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Conservation Team Design originator: Jon Murray Director/Manager: Jon Murray Supervisor: Andrew Mundin DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Archaeological Store Contents: Ceramics, Stratigraphic, Worked stone/lithics Media: Images raster / digital photography, Spreadsheets, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Archaeological Store Contents: Ceramics, Stratigraphic, Worked bone Media: Context sheet, Map, Matrices, Photograph, Plan, Report, Section, Unpublished Text PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Archaeological Store Contents: Ceramics, Worked stone/lithics BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Areas A and D, Land off Moulton Road, Newmarket, Suffolk. Author(s)/Editor(s): Mundin, A., Woolhouse, T., Barton, T. Other Bibliographic Details: 2163 Date: 2007 Issuer/Publisher: Archaeological Solutions Ltd Place of Issue or Publication: Hertford Description: A4 Ring Bound Document